as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
after years of languishing in nowheresville, she started to make it really big in the art world
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Recent Examples of nowheresville
Free trade was the meal ticket that brought economists out of nowheresville to their warm place of being consulted, respected, ensconced in gothic offices of universities, and drawing salaries like middling professionals.
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
And when Vladimir Putin was stuck in this nowheresville assignment in Dresden, there were several things that were happening.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
These lighting tip-offs are especially helpful because the play gets no help from the set, a stridently abstract nowheresville that inspires a fierce urge to escape.
—Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 9 Oct. 2022
His Martin is a nowhere man of great distinction, stuck in a nowheresville of a movie.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Mar. 2021
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, 1 Aug. 2017
Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
And when Vladimir Putin was stuck in this nowheresville assignment in Dresden, there were several things that were happening.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
These lighting tip-offs are especially helpful because the play gets no help from the set, a stridently abstract nowheresville that inspires a fierce urge to escape.
—Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 9 Oct. 2022
His Martin is a nowhere man of great distinction, stuck in a nowheresville of a movie.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Mar. 2021
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, 1 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nowheresville
Noun
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Social platforms reward outrage with visibility and punish restraint with obscurity.—
Joe Palaggi,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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The reasoning — defensive-minded head coach, pounce on an ascending quarterback and build through draft — offer the Miami Dolphins a pathway out of obscurity.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Conservatives, staring at electoral oblivion, hastily followed suit, pledging to repeal the Climate Change Act.—
Bjorn Lomborg,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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My love, there is no oblivion, no dream.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Playing 40 minutes of perhaps unfamiliar material before getting to the hits sounds challenging and, to be sure, some of the more lubricated audience members sat in stunned silence.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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There was a second of stunned silence before the room erupted in boos and jeers.—
JJ Holmes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The series, the tale of a wealthy family forced to start from scratch in the middle-of-nowhere town of the title, amassed a cult following during the pandemic.—
Meriam Bouarrouj,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Here's why the bassist moved to this 'middle of nowhere' Arizona town.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Nowheresville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowheresville. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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