Non-event

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A situation which, contrary to expectation, turned out to be uninteresting, unimportant or unexciting; an anticlimax.
  2. 2
    A publicised event which does not take place.

Example

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"The press conference turned out to be a non-event."

Etymology

From non- + event.

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