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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The cadre of help most wealthy people surround themselves with was nonexistent.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
With two conference losses, LSU's margin for error is nonexistent.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The team is built poorly, and the players aren’t playing up to their potential, which makes the game day margin for error nonexistent.
—Omar Kelly
october 23, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
African drum and dance was virtually nonexistent in Kansas City until the 1980s.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
With two conference losses, LSU's margin for error is nonexistent.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The team is built poorly, and the players aren’t playing up to their potential, which makes the game day margin for error nonexistent.
—Omar Kelly
october 23, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
African drum and dance was virtually nonexistent in Kansas City until the 1980s.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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