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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What started as a restaurant built from equal parts passion and business savvy with a mission to resurrect Italian American food from culinary obscurity is now a global phenomenon.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The investigation, published in September, highlighted how 7-OH rose from obscurity to overtake the quasi-legal drug trade in American gas stations, grocery stores and smoke shops, triggering a wave of lawsuits and drawing federal scrutiny over its health risks.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even the guest features are reverbed to oblivion.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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Not shocking or appalling, or overly complicated or computer-generated into oblivion.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The occasional person on a walk or shopper at one of the barely dozen stores still open, but the sound inside the mall is mostly just silence.—
Tori Apodaca,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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From her perspective, seeking support is not a lack of discipline, but a rational and courageous response to a complex condition that thrives in silence.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Here's why the bassist moved to this 'middle of nowhere' Arizona town.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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The most enduring symbol of that series: Manu Ginobili at age 36, weaving his way through traffic in Game 5, giving a stiff-arm to 2013 tormentor Ray Allen before exploding for an out-of-nowhere dunk on Chris Bosh.—
Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
18 May 2020
Cite this Entry
“Nowheresville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowheresville. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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