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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Back in the 1800s, obesity was almost nonexistent in the United States.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 24 July 2025
Yet in my neighborhood, basic services are either inconsistent or nonexistent.
—Victor Jimenez, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
Plus, the leather is like butter, so the break-in period was nonexistent.
—April Benshosan, Glamour, 14 July 2025
In trying to shorten the pathway from instrument to eardrum, the Dead’s wall had simultaneously created a host of previously nonexistent issues.
—John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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Maria Godoy, NPR, 24 July 2025
Yet in my neighborhood, basic services are either inconsistent or nonexistent.
—Victor Jimenez, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
Plus, the leather is like butter, so the break-in period was nonexistent.
—April Benshosan, Glamour, 14 July 2025
In trying to shorten the pathway from instrument to eardrum, the Dead’s wall had simultaneously created a host of previously nonexistent issues.
—John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonexistent
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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