nowheresville
Americannoun
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a remote or isolated town or village.
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a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.
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anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.
Etymology
Origin of nowheresville
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; nowhere + 's 1 + -ville ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The film had been sort of languishing in nowheresville for a while.
From Salon • May 11, 2023
The monotonous nowheresville vibe is accentuated by Carolina Costa's cinematography, with its sun-faded palette and suggestions of stifling summer heat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2018
Mr. Austin came to Pioneertown when it was truly a sleepy nowheresville.
From New York Times • May 18, 2016
Unmanned missions, supply rockets to the International Space Station and touchdowns in nowheresville on the Kazakh steppe in aging Russian capsules just aren't all that interesting for most people.
From US News • Jul. 14, 2015
We were in deeply wooded nowheresville, and Uncle Darnell, our only hope of getting a ride, was long gone to work and then to school.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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