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

Yet data on women as franchisors, founders who build and license systems rather than buy into them, remains nearly nonexistent. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Now back in King’s Landing, Corlys is distracted at best, meeting with Rhaenyra’s small council to address the crown’s nonexistent funds — the latest on a long list of problems that need solving for the new Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. — Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 6 July 2026

She’s taken to the lawns of London like a natural despite growing up in Los Angeles County, where grass courts are virtually nonexistent. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

One genre that the Indiana comedy factory will focus on in particular are Italian sitcoms, which are currently almost nonexistent in the country. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 July 2026

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