plural -s
1
or never-never land
or less commonly never-never country
a(1)
Australia
: sparsely settled country in the northern and western part of Queensland
(2)
: a remote or sparsely settled region : a barren or frontier area
b(1)
never-never land
: an ideal or imaginary place or region
that never-never land of true romance and pure love—
Rollene W. Saal
Rollene W. Saal
(2)
: an exotic place
a never-never land of poodles and chauffeurs—Kathryn Livingston
Kathryn Livingston
also
: an absurd or indeterminate situation
was capital disappearing into an unproductive never-never land? —Gregg Easterbrook
Gregg Easterbrook 2
: an illusory existence
3
[reduplication of never] British
: a system of installment purchase
: characterized by an imaginary, idealistic, or fantastic quality
the never-never rhetoric … which had to do with perfect justice and perfect harmony—Jane Kramer
Jane KramerDictionary Entries Near never-never
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“Never-never.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/never-never. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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