unthing
unthing noun: something irrelevant or inconsequential; a non-issue; an absurdity.
Noun
unthing (plural unthings)
- Something irrelevant or inconsequential; a non-issue; an absurdity.
- They made a thing of an unthing and put it on paper.1964, Testimony of members of Congress, interested individuals, and organizations
- Whether or not PPB is an unthing in the federal bureaucracy, the budgetary concepts that are represented by it and its conceptual predecessors are still viable within OMB: control, management, and planning.1998, U.C. Mandal, J. Rawat, Public Administration: Principles and Practice, page 272
- Synonyms:
- nothingburger
Synonyms of unthing
Forms of unthing
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Origin of unthing
Calque of German Unding, equivalent to un- + thing. Compare also West Frisian ûnding, Dutch onding.
Questions about unthing
- What does unthing mean?
- Unthing means something irrelevant or inconsequential; a non-issue; an absurdity.
- What part of speech is unthing?
- Unthing is a noun.
- What is the plural of unthing?
- The plural of unthing is unthings.
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