Get to know Nothingburger better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.
Nothingburger in a sentence
Nothingburger meaning
- An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity.
- Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.
- A matter of no concern, especially one that had been of concern; a non-issue.
Using Nothingburger
- The main meaning on this page is: An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity. | Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact. | A matter of no concern, especially one that had been of concern; a non-issue.
- In the example corpus, nothingburger often appears in combinations such as: this nothingburger, another nothingburger, nothingburger is.
Context around Nothingburger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 15.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nothingburger
- In this selection, "nothingburger" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, festering and step stand out and add context to how "nothingburger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about this nothingburger is another and be a nothingburger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nothingburger" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nothingburger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is another nothingburger like Québecgate. (6 words)
How to build a Nothingburger, step by step. (8 words)
Calling this a nothingburger is an insult to nothing, burgers, and things. (12 words)
Why Prince lied about this nothingburger is another matter, but the fact of the meeting itself didn’t amount to evidence of wrongdoing, which Mueller tacitly states in his overall conclusion. (31 words)
Here’s hoping thar FitsNews does not keep this nothingburger festering as long as they did with the Murdaughs. (19 words)
The latest “blockbuster” in the Tara Reade/Joe Biden saga has turned out to be a nothingburger. (17 words)
Example sentences (7)
Here’s hoping thar FitsNews does not keep this nothingburger festering as long as they did with the Murdaughs.
The latest “blockbuster” in the Tara Reade/Joe Biden saga has turned out to be a nothingburger.
I think it will a piece of cake to make it another nothingburger.
Why Prince lied about this nothingburger is another matter, but the fact of the meeting itself didn’t amount to evidence of wrongdoing, which Mueller tacitly states in his overall conclusion.
Calling this a nothingburger is an insult to nothing, burgers, and things.
How to build a Nothingburger, step by step.
This is another nothingburger like Québecgate.
Common combinations with nothingburger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- this nothingburger 3×
- another nothingburger 2×
- nothingburger is 2×