Nowheresville


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

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.
noun

See nowheresville

adjective

Inferior; tedious; drab: If you’re not with it, you’re nowhere/ rows of folding chairs, nowheresville decor (1940+)

Related Terms

the middle of nowhere

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    [noh-hwith-er, -with-] /ˈnoʊˌʰwɪð ər, -ˌwɪð-/ adverb 1. to no place; nowhere: paths leading nowhither. /ˈnəʊˌwɪðə/ adverb 1. (archaic) to no place; to nowhere adv. “toward no place,” Old English nahwiðer; see no + whither.

  • No-win

    [noh-win] /ˈnoʊˈwɪn/ adjective, Informal. 1. denoting a condition in which one cannot benefit, succeed, or win: a no-win situation; a no-win war. adjective 1. offering no possibility of a favourable outcome (esp in the phrase a no-win situation) adj. 1962, in reference to a situation where victory is impossible, from no + win. adjective Impossible […]

  • No-win situation

    A situation certain to end in failure or disappointment, as in If the in-laws visit them or they visit the in-laws, either way they see it as a no-win situation. [ c. 1960 ]

  • Nowise

    [noh-wahyz] /ˈnoʊˌwaɪz/ adverb 1. . /ˈnəʊˌwaɪz/ adverb 1. another word for noway

  • Nown

    [nohn] /noʊn/ adjective 1. Obsolete. .


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