jerkwater
adjective [ before noun ] US informal uk/ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔː.tər/ us/ˈdʒɝːkˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/
（某地）偏僻而不重要的，边远的
used to describe a place that is small, not important, and a long way from other places
I grew up in a jerkwater town in the middle of nowhere. 我生长在一个不知名的偏僻小镇。
Compare: backwater