nether world


neth·er·world

also nether world N0068300 (nĕth′ər-wûrld′) n. 1. The world of the dead. 2. A situtation in which one's status is uncertain, marginal, or undefined: "He was caught in the netherworld between the lowest levels of minor league baseball and the highest level of amateur play" (Tim Wakefield with Tony Massarotti). "She grew up in a kind of a class netherworld, not quite her father's daughter, not quite a servant" (Nina Sovich). 3. The part of society engaged in crime and vice: "Once they found themselves on the streets, they fell very quickly into the criminal netherworld" (Anne Applebaum).
neth′er·world′ly adj.

nether world

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netherworld

n1. the world after death; the underworld2. hell3. a criminal underworld Also called (for senses 1, 2): nether regions

neth′er world`

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n. 1. the infernal regions; hell. 2. the criminal underworld. [1630–40]
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