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

Fresh off a 30-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills, the Miami Dolphins and its fan base have hope, something that has been nonexistent since Week 1. —Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025

All three scam texts referenced nonexistent transactions, urging users to call the same 888 number that appears to have been linked to the scam. —Kevin Collier, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025

However, despite a 2021 Caltrans policy essentially mandating pedestrian, bike and transit elements in every project that’s not a freeway, those changes can be perfunctory or even nonexistent. —Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Trust in companies claiming to prioritize safety, and even in the tribal government, is virtually nonexistent due to past harms that remain unaddressed. —Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 11 Nov. 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