Unhappening
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A happening that fails to occur; a nonevent. rare
"The stage was set for the Greening of America, but by lunchtime of the first day, the meeting had dissolved into an unhappening, as shouting matches broke out among deep ecologists, feminists, animal liberationists, anarchists..."
- 1 present participle and gerund of unhappen form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Uneventful. India
"Next day, it was time for us to leave and believe me, the return journey was the most unhappening journey I had experienced in my entire life. […] The entire 45 minutes of the journey were devoted in looking towards my QUEEN, only to get a reaction."
Example
More examples"The stage was set for the Greening of America, but by lunchtime of the first day, the meeting had dissolved into an unhappening, as shouting matches broke out among deep ecologists, feminists, animal liberationists, anarchists..."
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