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nothingburger

or noth·ing bur·ger

[ nuhth-ing-bur-ger ]

noun

, Slang
  1. an often highly publicized event or situation that is said to have less impact or significance than expected:

    The meeting of world leaders turned out to be a big nothingburger.

  2. a person of little or no importance; a nothing; a nobody:

    She's a minor celebrity—a nothingburger.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of nothingburger1

First recorded in 1950–55; nothing ( def ) + burger ( def )
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Example Sentences

Conservatives fanned out to claim that the bill was a big nothingburger.

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