nonexistent
adjective
non·ex·is·tent
ˌnän-ig-ˈzi-stənt 
: not in actual or present occurrence : not existing
… historical accounts of the first Thanksgiving are almost nonexistent …—
Jasper White
Jasper WhiteWater was often a luxury, bathrooms were nonexistent, the food was often suspect.—Noel Vietmeyer
Noel VietmeyerAlthough brain size and organization became basically modern at least 100,000 years ago, with the robust Neanderthals, their advances in tool-making were slight, their self-expression through art virtually nonexistent.—John Noble Wilford
John Noble WilfordExamples of nonexistent in a Sentence
our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today
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Throw in some snow, and the nostalgia will be through the still-nonexistent roof.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
SpaceX's Starlink network, which is approaching 9,500 active satellites, provides access to broadband internet in areas around the world where connectively is otherwise sparse or nonexistent.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The run-first identity that had been established in the subsequent games was nonexistent during the initial matchup against the Patriots.
—Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
In one of the larger fraud cases gripping the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the Feeding Our Future scheme cost taxpayers nearly $250 million, after the program's director approved nonexistent meal services going to poor people.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Jeff Howe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
SpaceX's Starlink network, which is approaching 9,500 active satellites, provides access to broadband internet in areas around the world where connectively is otherwise sparse or nonexistent.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The run-first identity that had been established in the subsequent games was nonexistent during the initial matchup against the Patriots.
—Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
In one of the larger fraud cases gripping the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the Feeding Our Future scheme cost taxpayers nearly $250 million, after the program's director approved nonexistent meal services going to poor people.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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