What does back burner mean?
Definitions for back burner
back burn·er
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Princeton's WordNet
back burnernoun
reduced priority
"dozens of cases were put on the back burner"
Wiktionary
back burnernoun
A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
back burnernoun
A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of back burner in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of back burner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of back burner in a Sentence
We need to wait two years, three years to have a house built because of the lack of craftsmen, we are being put on the back burner.
But do I log on regularly to check my account? Absolutely not - and I'm much more interested in Social Security than most people, but that seems deeply normal to me - people are busy and once they've logged on once, they don't bother to do it again. It goes on the back burner.
Since entrepreneurs prioritize business they tend to put romance second, which puts potential mates off and leaves love on the back burner.
I never thought it would be as controversial as it turned out, although I remember saying when we were writing it that some religious nut case may take potshots at us, at the time, religion seemed to be on the back burner and it felt like kicking a dead donkey. It has come back with a vengeance and we'd think twice about making it now.
Geopolitical risk like this has been on the back burner for a while because we've been focussing on global oversupply, this news has not made the oversupply go away. The upside potential is limited unless something escalates. We need to see how this unfolds over the next couple of days.
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