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Nonevent

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Noun

1. nonevent

an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nonevent

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noun
a disappointing or insignificant occurrence, esp one predicted to be important

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Nonevent

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noun
Informal
an event or occurrence that is boring, does not fulfill expectations, or is deliberately staged, as for publicity
: also ˈnon-eˌvent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nonevent

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n.
Informal
An anticipated or highly publicized event that does not occur or proves anticlimactic or boring.

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