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

• absent
• lacking
• missing
• wanting

Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Helium-3, virtually nonexistent on Earth, is plentiful on the lunar surface and holds promise as a clean, non-radioactive fuel source for nuclear fusion. —Avery Padraic Kerrigan, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025

Consumer devices like wearables were rare, and systems to connect disparate data sources were nearly nonexistent. —Stephen Wunker, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

Gabriela’s English was basic and Irena’s Spanish was nonexistent. —Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025

Royal experts previously told Fox News Digital that Harry’s relationship with William is nonexistent. —Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025

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