"no-hit wonder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: no-hit wonders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} no-hit wonder (plural no-hit wonders)
  1. (idiomatic) A recording artist who proves to be commercially successful, or maintains a long career, without having any hit songs at all. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-no-hit_wonder-en-noun-PyIlqlO~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) A recording artist who proves to be commercially successful, or maintains a long career, without having any hit songs at all."
      ],
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