Definition of nonhappening
1
: failure to happen
- A debt is contingent if the debtor's liability is determined by the happening or nonhappening of a future event.
- —John H. Williamson
2 a
: something that does not happen
- But perhaps the most important happening in this offseason was a nonhappening: not one of the NASL's 24 franchises folded or moved.
- —John Feinstein
b
: something (such as an event) that is not interesting, entertaining, or important
- … it was a late-night match, not televised, past most newspaper deadlines, therefore practically a nonhappening except for those in attendance.
- —Bud Collins
