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middle of nowhere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
   • In the 1800s, tons of Americans migrated all over in search of one thing: money. Towns just started popping up in the middles of nowhere to mine for gold. 2021 July 23, Ryan Trahan, 0:12 from the start, in Overnight in an Abandoned Ghost Town:
   • I've been walking through the middle of nowhere / Trying to get to heaven before they close the door 1997, Bob Dylan, “Tryin' to Get to Heaven”, in Time Out of Mind:
   • "Only we don't happen to be in the middle of nowhere! We're just about a couple of miles from a market town where abides a nice little inn whence petrol can be obtained." 1920, Margaret Pedler, chapter 29, in The Hermit of Far End:
   • The train occasionally stops when it crosses a stream in the middle of nowhere to take on water. 1950 May, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Tanganyika Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 297:
   • [A]fter weeks of journeying across the monotonous open sea. . . . “You see nothing for 30 days — you’re in the middle of nowhere, you feel like you are in outer space,” said Mr. Domjan. 2012 May 9, Bettina Wassener, “A Modern Magellan Demonstrates Power of the Sun”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Apr 2013:
   • 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 Nowhere. 1889 Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial), The Daily Record (Kansas, USA), p. 2 (retrieved 12 April 2013)
   • It feels strange to be crossing the site of the old Ripple Lane locomotive depot and freight yards on a new viaduct, to arrive in what used to be the middle of nowhere but which is now a growing new development. 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 56:
   • South Florida's Everglades Jetport is a fancy name for a concrete runway in the middle of nowhere. 1977 October 17, “Now, the Poor Man's Jumbo Jet”, in Time:

Forms

Deriveds

bumfuck middle of nowhere

Synonyms

boondocks · See: Thesaurus:remote place · the sticks · backwater · Timbuktu · backwoods

Translations (97)

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