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no⋅where

  [noh-hwair, -wair]
Use Nowhere in a Sentence
–adverb
1. in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
2. to no place: We went nowhere last weekend.
–noun
3. the state of nonexistence or seeming nonexistence: A gang of thieves appeared from nowhere.
4. anonymity or obscurity: She came from nowhere to win the championship.
5. an unknown, remote, or nonexistent place or region.
–adjective Informal.
6. being or leading nowhere; pointless; futile: to be stuck in a nowhere job.
7. worthless or useless: That's a nowhere idea if I ever heard one.
—Idioms
8. miles from nowhere, in a remote, isolated, or inaccessible area.
9. nowhere near, not nearly: There's nowhere near enough food to go around.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME (adv.); OE nāhwǣr, nōhwǣr. See no 1 , where

Usage note:
See anyplace.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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no·where   (nō'hwâr', -wâr')   
adv.  

  1. Not anywhere.

  2. To no place or result: protested the ruling but got nowhere.

n.  

  1. A remote or unknown place: a cabin in the middle of nowhere.

  2. A state of nonexistence: an idea that came out of nowhere.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
nowhere

  1. mod.
    bad; no good; dull. : This place is really nowhere. Let's go.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nowhere 
O.E. nahwær; see no + where. Similar constructions were attempted with nowhat (1530) and nowhen (1764), but they failed to take hold and remain nonce words.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

nowhere

In addition to the idiom beginning with nowhere, also see get nowhere; in the middle (of nowhere); out of nowhere.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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