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- noun Plural form of
nobody .
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Examples
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All the posers are just pathetic empty shells of people that remain nobodies ….
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“Any intellectual person would prefer such company to the titled nobodies into whose family your brother has married.”
The Newcomes 2006
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"Any intellectual person would prefer such company to the titled nobodies into whose family your brother has married."
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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MSN may well have promised Volvo 100 million page impressions a month, but these are impression seen by nobody -- or more exactly "nobodies" -- people who are viewed as influentials only by their moms and ex-girlfriends.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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The pulpit is crowded with goodish "nobodies" -- men who have no power -- no unction -- no mission.
Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays Timothy Titcomb
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The show, which had a successful run on Broadway and is about to start its season at Melbourne's Theatre Works, follows the adventures of two "nobodies" - aspiring writers/directors/actors Jeff and Hunter - as they create a musical and negotiate the rocky terrain of the theatre world, in the hope of being discovered.
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Pro-Kremlin analysts love to claim that people like Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Milov, and Andrei Illarionov are "nobodies" - without acknowledging that they have been systematically and purposely marginalized.
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Pro-Kremlin analysts love to claim that people like Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Milov, and Andrei Illarionov are "nobodies" - without acknowledging that they have been systematically and purposely marginalized.
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Jeeze, what happened to the idea of nobodies getting only fifteen minutes of fame?
Reporters Should Be Barred From Wars, Says Reporter - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Christendom are titled nobodies beside these mighty potentates.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Various
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