nothingburgern.adj.
/ˈnʌθɪŋbəːɡə/, U.S. /ˈnəθɪŋˌbərɡər/ colloquial and often derogatory (originally and chiefly U.S.).
A. n.
A person or thing of no importance, value, or substance. Now esp.: something which, contrary to expectations, turns out to be insignificant or unremarkable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant
thing of noughtc1425
nothing such1579
of nothing1583
nullitya1591
O1608
ciphera1616
zero1650
flinga1661
leather and prunella1734
small change1822
minus quantity1843
nuthin'1843
nothingburger1953
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant
unknownc1390
pawnc1450
semi-cipher?1550
bauble1570
Jack with the feather1581
nobody1583
winterling1585
squash1600
rush candle1628
niflec1635
nullity1657
nonentity1710
featherweight1812
underscrub1822
nyaff1825
small fish1836
no-account1840
little fish1846
peanut1864
commonplacer1874
sparrow-fart1886
Little Willie1901
pipsqueak1905
nebbish1907
pie-biter1911
blob1916
smallie1930
no-count1932
zilch1933
Mickey Mouse1935
muzhik1945
nerd1951
nothingburger1953
nerk1955
non-person1959
no-mark1982
1953 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 1 June 5/1 If it hadn't been for Sam Goldwyn Farley might very well be a nothingburger.
1961 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 30 Sept. [His] career..has been confined to roles in pictures he calls ‘nothingburgers’.
1990 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. a14/2 Another official said of King Hussein's peace mission: ‘There are a lot of overbuilt expectations. I think that this is a nothing-burger.’
2014 New Yorker 3 Mar. 79/1 Marty's wife Maggie..is an utter nothing-burger, all fuming prettiness with zero insides.
2018 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Feb. 13 This week's market wobble..looks set to dissolve into a predictably boring nothingburger.
B. adj.
Of no importance, value, or substance; insignificant, unremarkable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective]
toyous1581
unpregnant1604
unconcerning1612
immomenta1616
importlessa1616
nothinga1616
unmomentary1624
unimportingc1625
unessential1634
matterlessa1650
inconcerning1650
nugacious1652
of good, bad, etc., consequence1654
immomentary1662
immomentous1726
unmomentous1735
unimportant1750
unconsequential1769
inconsequential1782
nothingless1822
small fry1828
uninterest1890
non-entitious1952
nothingburger1965
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid
colourlessc1425
unsavouryc1449
wearish?1533
wersha1599
tasteless1603
tame1604
juiceless1620
water gruela1627
dry1632
soulless1632
frigid1643
vapid1656
insipida1684
fade1715
heartless1780
vapid1785
achromatic1799
sauceless1817
albuminous1858
antiseptic1891
flat-footed1899
unatmospheric1913
defanged1920
anodyne1933
spiceless1942
tea-party1961
nothingburger1965
1965 San Antonio (Texas) Light 7 Dec. 12/4 Have you heard of any nice, insipid, dull-type, nothing-burger roles coming up?
1978 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 15 Aug. A nobody from the nothing-burger American Football League.
1994 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 14 June a1 I do not think it's a nothing-burger case. I think it's a serious matter.
2017 T. Weaver et al. Universal Terrors 139/2 The nothingburger movie Phantom from Space.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1953