"non-event" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: non-events [plural]
Etymology: From non- + event. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|event}} non- + event Head templates: {{en-noun}} non-event (plural non-events)
  1. A situation which, contrary to expectation, turned out to be uninteresting, unimportant or unexciting; an anticlimax.
    Sense id: en-non-event-en-noun-TFR-DYTs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 65 35
  2. A publicised event which does not take place.
    Sense id: en-non-event-en-noun-~3b~TmZx

Inflected forms

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