Synonyms for back burner
back burn·er

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1. back burnernoun

   reduced priority

   "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"

   Antonyms:
   front burner

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1. Ole Hansen:

   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.

2. Yasushi Niitsuma:

   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.

3. Patti Stanger:

   Since entrepreneurs prioritize business they tend to put romance second, which puts potential mates off and leaves love on the back burner.

4. Terry Jones:

   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.

5. Kathleen Romig:

   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.