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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Thanks to an offense that has been virtually nonexistent, the Angels were swept by the New York Yankees, losing 1-0 in the series finale on Wednesday night.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
For instance, pediatric long COVID — also called MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — may happen two to six weeks after coronavirus infection and develop even if symptoms are mild or nonexistent.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 May 2025
One allele that increases the risk of celiac disease went from being virtually nonexistent to occurring in 20 percent of the population over the course of just 4,000 years.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Patients risk significant financial hardship for a product whose benefits are modest at best or nonexistent at worst and might even have dangerous side effects.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
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Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
For instance, pediatric long COVID — also called MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — may happen two to six weeks after coronavirus infection and develop even if symptoms are mild or nonexistent.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 May 2025
One allele that increases the risk of celiac disease went from being virtually nonexistent to occurring in 20 percent of the population over the course of just 4,000 years.
—Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Patients risk significant financial hardship for a product whose benefits are modest at best or nonexistent at worst and might even have dangerous side effects.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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