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

Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Royal experts told Fox News Digital that Harry’s relationship with William is nonexistent. —Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025

The confidence and connectivity that overwhelmed Indiana in Game 5 were nonexistent Thursday night. —Joe Vardon, New York Times, 20 June 2025

Actual evidence for his syphilitic status appears to be nonexistent. —Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025

The nonexistent studies were on topics such as children’s screen time, medication use and anxiety. —Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 29 May 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