PronounNobody could answer my question.
I guess I'll have to volunteer because it's clear nobody else will. Noun
He was a nobody in high school.
tired of feeling like a nobody, she decided to launch her own business
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Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026 Many of Newsom’s critics who breathlessly report on his evil plans (that the left-wing mainstream media supposedly cover up) are just nobodies who feign authority and are obviously fronting for right-wing organizations.—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025 Where else could award winning writers pop off about nothing at all, and nobodies could rattle the ivory towers?—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 Professional athletes, however, aren’t nobodies.—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nobody