noun
the remote outback of Australia; unpopulated desert country
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑outback
• Part Holonyms: ↑Australian Desert, ↑Great Australian Desert
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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)Etymology: short for never-never land, probably from reduplication of never + land
b. : a remote or sparsely settled region : a barren or frontier area
c. : an ideal or imaginary place or region
that never-never land of true romance and pure love — Rollene W. Saal
2. : an illusory existence
II. adjective
Etymology: never-never land
: characterized by an imaginary, idealistic, or fantastic quality
the never-never rhetoric … which had to do with perfect justice and perfect harmony — Jane Kramer
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/nev"euhr nev"euhr/, n.
1. See never-never land.
2. Brit. Slang. See hire-purchase system.
adj.
3. not real or true; imaginary or ideal; illusory: the never-never world of the cinema.
[1880-85]
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nevˈer-nevˈer noun
1. The hire-purchase system (informal)
2. (sometimes with cap) a remote, thinly peopled or desolate area (also never (or never-never) land or country; sometimes with caps)
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Main Entry: ↑never
Useful english dictionary. 2012.