noun
- unnecessary activity or ceremony; fuss or trouble
Usage: often used in the phrase ‘much ado about nothing’
Examples
- There was much ado about the new dress code policy.
- Without further ado, let me introduce our guest speaker.
- She made a great ado about cleaning the house before guests arrived.
- The ceremony proceeded without much ado.
- All this ado over a simple mistake seems unnecessary.
- Much ado about nothing, as Shakespeare would say.