nowhere

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/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/

adv 2adj 1noun 1

Collocations

VERB + NOWHERE

bitch, document, get, getting, going, got, key, keys

This conversation is going nowhere, so we might as well stop arguing about it.

NOWHERE + NOUN

article, harlem, life, person, problems, sight, summer, tonight

The homeless man had nowhere to go, nowhere to sleep, nowhere left in this city.

PREP.

in, in, on, with

The old keys were nowhere in the house after we moved last month.

ADV.

such

Such nowhere else in the world offers the same combination of natural beauty and vibrant culture.

Definitions

adv

In no place.

Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.

The keys are nowhere in the house.

To no place.

We sat in traffic, going nowhere.

If you forget to do this, your interlock circuit won't be made and you'll be going nowhere.

adj

Unimportant; unworthy of notice.

As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.

Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person.

noun

No particular place, noplace.

They went on a cruise to nowhere.

While they paced the platform of the station, they reviewed the career of misdemeanours—Nutley, Chiddiugstone, Midhurst, Penn, and many nowheres, and now Aylesbury.

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Idioms & Phrases

middle of nowhere

A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.

We set out to demonstrate to the people of the county that a corrupt ring managed the Republican party in this county. . . . We want that corrupt ring knocked into the middle of No

out of nowhere

In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.

It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage.

arse end of nowhere

A very remote place.

lead nowhere

to have no purpose, to result in nothing.

nowhere to be found

not present; missing or lost.

And despite Platt’s impressive vocals, the magic he brought to his stage performance (and to so much of his previous screen work) is nowhere to be found here.

Example Bank

Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.

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The keys are nowhere in the house.

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We sat in traffic, going nowhere.

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Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person.

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He always allowed them to motivate him to a level of intensity to do better, rather than remain in a nowhere life in a nowhere place like Harlem.

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