nowhere
n. placen. not in any place. You use it to say that something cannot be found or does not exist anywhere.
n. not in, at, or to any place; the negative equivalent of 'everywhere'.
I looked for my keys but they were nowhere to be found.
The nearest gas station was miles away and there was nowhere to stop for food along the dark highway.
Despite an exhaustive search of the digital archives, the original manuscript was nowhere to be seen, leading historians to believe it had been destroyed during the fire.
From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too small or too insignificant to be listed), nowhere you want to be, etc.
Often used in the phrase 'nowhere to be found' or 'nowhere near'. In formal writing, if placed at the start of a sentence, it requires subject-auxiliary inversion (e.g., 'Nowhere did he see a sign').
I didn't see him nowhereI saw him nowhere / I didn't see him anywhereUsing 'nowhere' with a negative verb creates a double negative, which is considered incorrect in standard English.