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nowheresville

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no·​wheres·​ville | \ ˈnō-ˌ(h)werz-ˌvil How to pronounce nowheresville (audio) , -(h)wərz-\

Definition of nowheresville

: nowhere: such as
a : a location lacking identifying or individualizing qualities
b : a place or state denoting failure or relative obscurity a career heading towards nowheresville
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Synonyms & Antonyms for nowheresville

Synonyms

anonymity, facelessness, namelessness, nowhere, obscurity, silence

Antonyms

celebrity, fame, notoriety, renown

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Examples of nowheresville in a Sentence

after years of languishing in nowheresville, she started to make it really big in the art world

Recent Examples on the Web

 My parents were born in South Korea, but I was born in Los Angeles, raised in a nowheresville suburb on frozen TV dinners and laugh-track sitcoms. — Longreads, "My Mongolian Spot," 1 Aug. 2017

First Known Use of nowheresville

1917, in the meaning defined above

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