nowhere
- 1In no place at all, not anywhere.
Like looking all around your room and still not seeing your shoes anywhere.
The keys were nowhere to be found after the party.
She searched the whole house, but the cat was nowhere in sight.
Oppositeeverywhere, somewhere
- 2Not to any place, and toward no destination.
Like a hallway that just dead-ends at a blank wall.
The winding trail went nowhere and stopped at a cliff.
We drove for miles, but the detour took us nowhere new.
Oppositesomewhere
- 3A place that is not real, known, or important.
Like a tiny dot on a map that has no name.
The old cabin sat in the middle of nowhere, miles from the nearest town.
She came from nowhere to win the race that afternoon.
- 4Not important, and not worth noticing.
Like a small store no one ever bothers to mention.
He grew up in some nowhere town with just one gas station.
It was a nowhere job with no chance to get ahead.
Similarobscure, insignificant, minor
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Origin
From Old English, made from parts meaning "no" and "where."