Nothingburger

Quick meaning: Nothingburger is a noun meaning An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity.

Meaning

An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity.

More Meanings

1. Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.
2. A matter of no concern, especially one that had been of concern; a non-issue.
3. (originally and chiefly US, informal) Of less importance than its treatment suggests; insignificant, unimportant; also, bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.

Example Sentences

This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger [title]

Browner admitted that the new policies would have no impact […] Kaufman […] called Browner's announcement "a nothingburger."

I've had two fantastic mothers—one a hero who flew planes—and I turned out to be just a big nothingburger with no courage at all.

Except for Easter, isn't March kind of a nothingburger (unless your birthday is in it!) month? Shall we try to make it memorable?

Word Forms

• nothingburgers
• nothing-burger
• nothing burger

Synonyms for nothingburger

Depending on context, synonyms include also-ran, cipher, crumb, minnow, nebbish, nobody.

Antonyms for nothingburger

Common opposites include baron, big name, bigwig, boss, heavyweight, kingpin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nutburger, somethingburger, shitburger, burger, crumb, doucheburger.

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