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
The novelty, for her, of being in a relationship nowheresville befitted the album’s titular concept.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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
Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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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Does that lead to a kind of obscurity?—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Chambliss routinely produced explosive, clutch plays, overcoming his less-than-ideal size (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) and emerging from a relative obscurity in ways that captured fans' imagination.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Noun
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And every one squandered leaves a mark, takes its toll, ages you just a bit — and takes you one year closer to hockey oblivion.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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These Knicks don’t sit around and watch Jalen Brunson pound the ball into oblivion.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Martin Short is breaking his silence on the recent death of his daughter Katherine Short.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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At first, Liza Ginette was distraught and confused at her children’s silence.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Little Rock advances with an out-of-nowhere comeback that leads to an 85-83 double-overtime victory over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Nowheresville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowheresville. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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