non-event

noun

A situation which, contrary to expectation, turned out to be uninteresting, unimportant or unexciting; an anticlimax.

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Meanings

nounnon-event (plural non-events)

plural non-events

  1. A situation which, contrary to expectation, turned out to be uninteresting, unimportant or unexciting; an anticlimax.
  2. A publicised event which does not take place.

Origin

From non- + event.

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APA

non-event. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-event

MLA

“non-event.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-event. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-event,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-event.

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