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• n  an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected

• Most damaging of all was a nonevent: the expected rush of tourists failed to materialize.
• To raise funds, he held a nonevent.
• Thus ended the hottest nonevent since Comet Kohoutek.

News & Articles

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• Office Mobile for iPhone wasn't worth the wait
  Microsoft's long-anticipated Office Mobile app for Apple's iOS operating system turns out to be a total nonevent.
  June 29, 2013 - Arizona Daily Star

Quotes

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• Segolene Royal in Forbes
  An aide to Royal, Gilles Savary, called Wednesday's announcement "a spectacular nonevent."
• Burt Rutan in San Diego Union Tribune
  What we thought would be our biggest risk in this event was the supersonic feather, and supersonic feather is a nonevent,Rutan said.