nowhere
adverb
- not in any place
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ / /ˈnəʊ.wɛə/
adj
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.
- 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.”
adv
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.
- 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.”
noun
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.
- 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.”