nothingburger

Meanings

Noun

• A person who is a nonentity.
• Something of less importance than its treatment suggests.
• A person or object that is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.

Adjective

• bland or unremarkable in appearance
• disreputable, as of a person

Related

Similar words

• nothing sandwich

Origin

• Metaphorical use of a burger missing a patty (compare Where's the beef?), coined by Hollywood movie columnist Louella Parsons and first used in her daily gossip column "Louella's Move-Go-'Round" of June 1, 1953.