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

Keep In Mind Arch support is minimal and moisture-wicking is nonexistent. —Shannon Ullman, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024

The parts have no particular beauty on their own, but whatever beauty the over-all composition has would be duller—nonexistent, actually—without their chaos to overcome. —Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Not even his medical records or death certificate survived, as any record of the time is nonexistent. —Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024

The story is set in the countryside, where the internet and social media are nonexistent. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above