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nowheresville
or No·wheres·ville
[ noh-hwairz-vil, -wairz- ]
/ ˈnoʊ ʰwɛərzˌvɪl, -wɛərz- /
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noun Slang.
a remote or isolated town or village.
a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.
anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.
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How to use nowheresville in a sentence
Once the residue has shed its water weight, it goes into steel containers and gets loaded onto a train to nowheresville.
Once the Uranium Capital of the World, Moab, Utah, wants to unload its radioactive legacy|Sarah Scoles|September 9, 2021|Popular-ScienceLimbo, tender and searching, shows what can happen to people when they’re between points A and B, a nowheresville that can change the shape of a life forever.
Limbo Is a Wry and Tender Comedy About Refugees Searching for the Meaning of 'Home'|Stephanie Zacharek|April 30, 2021|TimeHis Martin is a nowhere man of great distinction, stuck in a nowheresville of a movie.
Mads Mikkelson Can Do Anything. But He's Stuck in the Boring Oscar-Nominated Another Round|Stephanie Zacharek|March 19, 2021|Time"But we're getting into Nowheresville, man," the old man complained.
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