netherworld

noun

neth·er·world ˈne-t͟hər-ˌwərld

: the world of the dead

: underworld sense 4

the netherworld of deceit … and espionage

R. M. Nixon

: no-man's-land sense 2

lost in a bureaucratic netherworld

Example Sentences

the shadowy netherworld of all-night raves

Recent Examples on the Web Crypto remains in the netherworld of financial regulation, caught between traditional definitions of securities, commodities, assets, money, and payments.

Aaron Klein, Time, 22 Nov. 2022 Copenhagen Cowboy stars Angela Bundalovic as Miu, a wide-eyed mysterious woman who, after a lifetime of servitude, begins to break free, enacting vengeance on Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld.

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022 Hex Enduction Hour is its own beast — an invitation to a knife fight, a grab by the collar, an immersion into a surrealist netherworld.

Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022 Using the fabrics as launchpads for painterly improvisation, Dilworth creates verdant gardens around them, linking the netherworld of sleep to that of creation.

Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 Since exiting the netherworld of boy band mania, Styles has repeatedly proven himself a mature, thoughtful artist.

Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022 No philosopher, no religion, no Renaissance painter had come close to predicting this drab netherworld.

Washington Post, 10 May 2022 Hathi Ram faces grave mortal dangers in a new pursuit that takes him back to the netherworld.

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022 Aziza, a spirit and god cast into Osunde’s pages who likes to sweep people up and place them in a netherworld, is just the kind of being to lie in wait.

Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2022 See More

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