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
And when Vladimir Putin was stuck in this nowheresville assignment in Dresden, there were several things that were happening.
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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
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
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The resurgence in interest – not to mention monetary value – suggests that the technology is resilient and unlikely to simply fade into obscurity, as was predicted during its slump.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Georgescu, who had reportedly declared zero campaign spending, had catapulted from obscurity to win the first round of the presidential vote on Nov. 24.Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Indigo Cleansing Balm can melt even the most stubborn, waterproof formulas into oblivion.Annie Blackman, Allure, 30 Nov. 2024
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Bucs coach Todd Bowles blitzed DeVito and the Giants offense into oblivion, holding DeVito to five yards passing in the first quarter and the Giants to 45 yards of offense the whole first half.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Nov. 2024
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On Wednesday, North Korea's state media broke its silence on the crisis, highlighting the turmoil, though no unusual activities have been observed from the regime so far.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Those who knew Mangione also sounded the alarm over his apparent silence in the weeks leading up to the shooting.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
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While the series has officially concluded, this comeback special fast forwards to an entirely new, out-of-nowhere plot point and is therefore easy to watch for novices.Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 13 May 2020
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“Nowheresville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowheresville. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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