noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An anticipated event that does not occur, or one that has a disappointing anticlimax.
2. 2
   an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected wordnet

Etymology

From non- + event.

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