unthing

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unthing

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Calque of German Unding, equivalent to un- + thing. Compare also West Frisian ûnding, Dutch onding.

noun unthings

Something irrelevant or inconsequential; a non-issue; an absurdity. They made a thing of an unthing and put it on paper.
Similar: nothingburger

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@misc{unthing_2026,
  title = {unthing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unthing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}