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back-burnering

back-burnering is the present participle and gerund of back-burner.

Meaning of back-burner

Adjective

back-burner (comparative more back-burner, superlative most back-burner)

  1. (idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important.

Questions about back-burnering

What is back-burnering the present participle and gerund of?
Back-burnering is the present participle and gerund of back-burner.

Words near back-burnering in the dictionary

  1. back-builds
  2. back-built
  3. back-burn
  4. back-burner
  5. back-burnered
  6. back-burnering
  7. back-burners
  8. back-burns
  9. back-butt
  10. back-butter
  11. back-buttered

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