Definition of nothingburger

nothingburger    

noun

• something that could be interpreted as important, when in fact it is not.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Omarosa claims Trump had advance knowledge of hacked emails, but gives no details or proof", Andrew Prokop, Vox, 14 Aug 2018 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unimportant, useless.

  Last edited on Aug 14 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2018.

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