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back-burner en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more back-burner	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most back-burner	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

back-burner en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of backburner.
   alt of backburner
   • Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved. 2008, Linda Fairstein, Killer Heat, page 191:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
back-burners	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
back-burnering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
back-burnered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
back-burnered	Tense=Past		lexicographic