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Contexts ▼▲ Noun A remote place that remains unaffected by new events, progresses or ideas A small, rural town typically with a simple and unsophisticated atmosphere A stream or minor tributary of a river A situation or place considered dull and uninteresting Adjective Of, or concerning, rural regions remote from a city (of a place) Without much activity Small, rural, and unimportant Proper noun Mythical small town of no importance Verb To revoke or cancel an action or decision that has been made … more ▼ ▲ Noun ▲ A remote place that remains unaffected by new events, progresses or ideas backwoods hinterland backcountry boondocks outback bush sticks backlands outlands frontier Podunk back of beyond up-country jerkwater town the back of beyond isolated place one-horse town remote place secluded spot sleepy town the middle of nowhere boonies wilds backveld platteland middle of nowhere beyond the black stump wilderness country back country booay tall timbers countryside Woop Woop backblocks the sticks nowhere hinterlands backland provinces remote areas a backwater rural districts scrubland woodland brush woods wasteland Timbuktu desert badlands interior outskirts unexplored unknown remote the backwoods rural rural area boondock rough country terra incognita farmland outdoors agricultural land great outdoors green belt a rural area rural areas wide open spaces a rural district whistlestop bump in the road forest one-gas-station town one stoplight town tank town hick town wide place in the road jumping-off place jungle boscage chaparral the wild nature open wastes wild champaign out-of-doors open air hicksville farms woodlands barrens province emptiness grazeland grazing forests pastures back o' beyond godforsaken place retirement the boonies farming land green area rural district solitude up country cow country wide open space undisturbed area unspoilt area unspoiled area bundu badland inhospitable region uncultivated region no-man's land primeval forest more ❯ “It's an uncharted backwater on the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm.” Noun ▲ A small, rural town typically with a simple and unsophisticated atmosphere cowtown hicksville hicktown village hick town rural community small town one-horse town Noun ▲ A stream or minor tributary of a river creek brook rivulet runnel beck stream rill streamlet bourn brooklet gill run bourne tributary river burn branch watercourse runlet bayou arroyo crick ditch rindle spring feeder confluent affluent influent outlet freshet billabong channel gully rillet waterway small river canal anabranch winterbourne gorge inlet ravine waters estuary course headwater rigolet side stream more ❯ Noun ▲ A situation or place considered dull and uninteresting desert wasteland uninteresting period uninteresting place unproductive period unproductive place Adjective ▲ Of, or concerning, rural regions remote from a city provincial rural rustic country pastoral backwoods upcountry local outlying freshwater homespun hick suburban home-grown non-metropolitan non-urban one-horse small-town backwoodsy remote Adjective ▲ (of a place) Without much activity sleepy quiet dull inactive peaceful backwoods boring slow-moving one-horse backward dead unprogressive dullsville comatose dead-and-alive slow behind the times uninteresting tedious tame uneventful wearisome stale humdrum tiresome dreary lacklustreUK lacklusterUS unexciting flat pedestrian ho-hum stagnant lifeless uninspiring plain insipid vapid tasteless dry monotonous drab slack sluggish ponderous wearying heavy tiring weary plodding numbing unproductive arid stodgy jading mind-numbing colourlessUK colorlessUS stupid leaden dry as dust old monochromatic dusty stuffy jejune drudging Adjective ▲ Small, rural, and unimportant podunk boonies drinkwater jerkwater small insignificant rural Proper noun ▲ Mythical small town of no importance Podunk hog island hog town hog waller jerkwater town one-horse town Verb ▲ To revoke or cancel an action or decision 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