middle of nowhere
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""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.""
- "The train occasionally stops when it crosses a stream in the middle of nowhere to take on water."
- "South Florida's Everglades Jetport is a fancy name for a concrete runway in the middle of nowhere."
- "I've been walking through the middle of nowhere / Trying to get to heaven before they close the door"
- "[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."
Usage
Inflected Forms
the middle of nowhere (canonical)
middles of nowhere (plural)