NONEVENT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

nonevent

noun

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as in fiasco

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Recent Examples of nonevent At the time, the statement struck some as a nonevent and others as premature: the investments in and attention to artificial intelligence seemed out of step with the company’s core business of internet search and advertising. —

Sam Jacobs, Time, 6 May 2026 While Wednesday was a complete nonevent in its second season, its star was nominated by both the Golden Globes and Actor Awards. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2026 The nonevent is the void with which the novel’s following two sections contend. —

Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2026 But buying one or two items of anything in this store is almost a nonevent. —

Anna Schecter, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonevent

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Noun

Listen to Forte recall his fringe fiasco in the clip above.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
Still, even if Team Blue will likely win in the end, the California governor’s race has been a fiasco for Democrats from the start—and in ways that reflect an ongoing dysfunction that has become a feature of the party in recent years.

— Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026