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

Water was often a luxury, bathrooms were nonexistent, the food was often suspect.

—Noel Vietmeyer

Although 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

Synonyms of nonexistent

• absent
• lacking

Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence

our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today

Recent Examples on the Web

Crew members also said communication between the director and crew was nearly nonexistent, as Deadline reported. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Ideation metrics are almost nonexistent, which means organizations are flying blind on the front end of their creative pipeline. — Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

However, if estate assets are exhausted or nonexistent, the unpaid medical debt may ultimately go uncollected. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 June 2026

His ability to wheel and deal seems to be as nonexistent as his victory. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonexistent

• coexistent
• equidistant
• inconsistent
• preexistent
• assistant
• consistent
• existent
• insistent
• persistent
• resistant
• subsistent
• distant