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nowhere

adv
/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/US/ˈnəʊ.wɛə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.

  1. inherited from nōhwēr
  2. inherited from nowher

Definitions

  1. In no place.

    • Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
    • The keys are nowhere in the house.

  2. 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.

  3. Unimportant

    Unimportant; unworthy of notice.

    • Elinore was such a bitch, such a nowhere person.
    • 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. 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.
      • On a warm summer's evening On a train bound for nowhere I met up with the gambler

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nowhere. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA