non-event

See also: nonevent

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ event.

Noun

non-event (plural non-events)

1. A situation which, contrary to expectation, turned out to be uninteresting, unimportant or unexciting; an anticlimax.
2. A publicised event which does not take place.

References

• “non-event”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.