nonstory

noun

non·​sto·​ry ˌnän-ˈstȯr-ē 

plural nonstories

: something that is not a story

a nonstory with no clear plot

specifically : an event or occurrence that is not newsworthy enough to be a news story

What had been an obscure Canadian nonstory, just another chapter in an endless saga of debate and dispute, suddenly had become world news.

—Guy Lawson

Examples of nonstory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, in a new interview with Variety, Nicola shut down the reports as a nonstory. — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2022

Telling you this nonstory feels excessive, embarrassing, in poor taste, even though death and grieving often feel that way, too. — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019

One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 14 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonstory

• aurore
• forbore
• outlawry
• pylori
• savoury
• signori
• signory
• vainglory
• accusatory
• admonitory
• ambulatory
• amendatory