nowheresville
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no·wheres·ville

noun \ˈnō-ˌ(h)werz-ˌvil, -(h)wərz-\

Definition of NOWHERESVILLE

: nowhere: as
a : a location lacking identifying or individualizing qualities
b : a place or state denoting failure or relative obscurity <a career heading towards nowheresville>

Examples of NOWHERESVILLE

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

First Known Use of NOWHERESVILLE

1965

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