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nothingburger
Nothingburger (noun) means (informal) A person who is completely unimportant.
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1
(informal) A person who is completely unimportant.
"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."
— Fannie Flagg, Sookie has the Blues (2014)
2
(informal) Something that gets far more attention than it deserves, or that turns out to be dull and forgettable.
3
(informal) A problem that turns out not to matter at all, even though people worried about it.
"The forecasted megastorm turned out to be a huge nothingburger."
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What is the meaning of nothingburger?
"nothingburger" (noun) means (informal) A person who is completely unimportant.
What is the opposite of nothingburger?
Opposites of "nothingburger" include bigwig, heavyweight, vip, somebody, kingpin, remarkable.
What are the different meanings of nothingburger?
"nothingburger" has 3 main meanings: 1. (informal) A person who is completely unimportant; 2. (informal) Something that gets far more attention than it deserves, or that turns out to be dull and forgettable; 3. (informal) A problem that turns out not to matter at all, even though people worried about it.
