1. backburner - Noun
2. backburner - Verb
backburner (countable and uncountable, plural backburners)
Alternative form of back burner
backburner (third-person singular simple present backburners, present participle backburnering, simple past and past participle backburnered)
(transitive, informal) To relegate to a lower priority
I've lost 12 inches in three weeks. Every time I go for the costume fitting each week, it's smaller and smaller. I'm feeling great. I'm putting in the work. I'm getting a lot of sleep. Everything is on the backburner right now. 'Dancing' is my priority. Ricki Lake
Everything in life should be approached as a project. Every project can be broken down into just three things: Action Steps, Backburner Items, and References. Scott Belsky
While it’s been claimed her romance with is on the backburner, Kaia Gerber didn’t seem to be letting the drama mess with her stylish aura this week. Source: Internet
Give them permission to focus on one thing at a time by communicating what they should care about while other projects stay on the backburner or happen in the background, because this high-impact project is what they should really care about right now. Source: Internet
Do you know which technologies are the right ones to deploy now and which ones should be put on the backburner until they mature? Source: Internet
Unfortunately, it was published just as Ace took over the Roc imprint, and most of my SF landed on the backburner. Source: Internet