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middle of nowhere

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themiddleofnowhere (countable anduncountable,pluralmiddles of nowhere)

  1. (idiomatic) A veryremote orsecluded area; anondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
    • 1889 Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial),The Daily Record (Kansas, USA), p. 2(retrieved 12 April 2013):
      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 themiddle of Nowhere.
    • 1920,Margaret Pedler, chapter 29, inThe Hermit of Far End:
      "Only we don't happen to be in themiddle 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."
    • 1950 May, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Tanganyika Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page297:
      The train occasionally stops when it crosses a stream in themiddle of nowhere to take on water.
    • 1977 October 17, “Now, the Poor Man's Jumbo Jet”, inTime:
      South Florida's Everglades Jetport is a fancy name for a concrete runway in themiddle of nowhere.
    • 1997,Bob Dylan, “Tryin' to Get to Heaven”, inTime Out of Mind:
      I've been walking through themiddle of nowhere / Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
    • 2012 May 9, Bettina Wassener, “A Modern Magellan Demonstrates Power of the Sun”, inNew York Times, retrieved12 April 2013:
      [A]fter weeks of journeying across the monotonous open sea. . . . “You see nothing for 30 days — you’re in themiddle of nowhere, you feel like you are in outer space,” said Mr. Domjan.
    • 2021 July 23,Ryan Trahan, 0:12 from the start, inOvernight in an Abandoned Ghost Town‎[1]:
      In the 1800s, tons of Americans migrated all over in search of one thing: money. Towns just started popping up inthe middles of nowhere to mine for gold.
    • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, inRAIL, number970, page56:
      It feels strange to be crossing the site of the old Ripple Lane locomotive depot and freight yards on a new viaduct, to arrive in what used to bethe middle of nowhere but which is now a growing new development.

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  • Almost always in the singular, preceded bythe.

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remote place
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