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nev|er-nev|er «NEHV uhr NEHV uhr», adjective, noun.
–adj. Informal.
1. unreal; imaginary: »

a series of pictures about never-never monsters (New Yorker).

2. not easily visualized or grasped and therefore seemingly unreal or imaginary; implausible: »

It is a never-never world of protons, electrons…and half-lives of the elements (New York Times).

–n.
1. Also, never never. British Slang. installment plan.
2. Australian Slang. the remote, thinly settled region of northwest Queensland.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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