"placebo button" meaning in English

See placebo button in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: placebo buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} placebo button (plural placebo buttons)
  1. A push-button with apparent functionality that actually has no effect when pressed. Wikipedia link: placebo button
    Sense id: en-placebo_button-en-noun-0Ik2XHB2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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