Backburner
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Backburner is a noun meaning (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To relegate to a lower priority.
Meaning
(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To relegate to a lower priority.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of back burner.
Example Sentences
"What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC.
There had been plans to extend electrification from Harrow to Rickmansworth. But when the First World War broke out in 1914, this and a new branch to Watford were placed on the backburner, along with further housing development.
Word Forms
- backburners
- backburnering
- backburnered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underburn, underprioritize, deprioritize, deprioritise, underfire, subordinate.
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