nowheresville

American  

[noh-hwairz-vil, -wairz-] / ˈnoʊ ʰwɛərzˌvɪl, -wɛərz- /

Or Nowheresville

noun

Slang.

1. a remote or isolated town or village.

2. a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.

3. anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.

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Etymology

Origin of nowheresville

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; nowhere + 's ¹ + -ville ( def. )

Example Sentences

The film had been sort of languishing in nowheresville for a while.

From Salon • May 11, 2023

But between the hectic nature of the staging and the nowheresville abstraction of the set, I felt completely outside the Ahmanson production.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2021

There will be intrigue at seeing how Magdalena Rybarikova, conqueror of Karolina Pliskova, fares against Croatia’s Petra Martic, whose injuries had left her in nowheresville until she put together a run at the French Open.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2017

Mr. Austin came to Pioneertown when it was truly a sleepy nowheresville.

From New York Times • May 18, 2016

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