nowheresville

or No·wheres·ville

[ noh-hwairz-vil, -wairz- ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a remote or isolated town or village.
2. a job, position, rank, etc., completely lacking in status, recognition, or a chance for advancement.
3. anything unrealistic, impractical, or useless.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nowheresville¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; nowhere + 's ¹ + -ville ( def )

Example Sentences

Not much happens, but the people are beautiful and so too are their bikes, rumbling beasts that tribe members ride and ride on that familiar closed loop known as Nowheresville, U.S.A.

From New York Times

They'll be better when Cameron Carter-Vickers is restored and if Maik Nawrocki's impressive cameo off the bench - from his previous spot in nowheresville - is anything to go by, they have good cover at centre-half.

From BBC

“If we were ending in Nowheresville, it could be more loose and we could emotionally connect with the last shows,” Bridgers, 29, explained.

From Los Angeles Times

It's tempting to shrug it off as one-off weirdness from Nowheresville, Texas.

From Salon

A midseason time jump finds Barry and Sarah living incognito with a young son in a dusty Nowheresville, where they learn that a film project based on Barry’s story is in development.

From New York Times