boondocks

plural noun

ˈbün-ˌdäks How to pronounce boondocks (audio)
Definition of boondocksnext
as in countryside
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities a former city girl who was still adjusting to life in the boondocks

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Recent Examples of boondocks Morgan isn’t happy with the change, though Robert makes the best of having to commute daily from the boondocks to Manhattan. — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022 Our run-down apartment in the boondocks of Houston looked better than the view of the tombstones right outside our dilapidated home on wheels. — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022 The group would occasionally hit balls on a few makeshift holes in the boondocks north of Covington, but the experience was less than satisfying and the linksters desired a real course closer to home. — Kim Chatelain | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2021 The experience solidified his hunch that within the next 10 years, the biggest tech companies would come not from Silicon Valley, or even New York or Seattle, but from the boondocks. — Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2022

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