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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Her dancers are nonexistent — aside from Eilish, her backing band and a late surprise appearance by her brother and producer, Finneas, the only bodies up there are two backup singers in aggressively normie polo shirts.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
Color accuracy was poor, color saturation was nonexistent, and the backlight bleed from the hinge was distracting.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
That’s because student borrowers often have short or nonexistent credit histories.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 4 May 2026
For weeks, Trump has been vocal about his discontent with NATO and European allies, including Germany, for their lukewarm to nonexistent support for his war with Iran.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 2 May 2026
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
Color accuracy was poor, color saturation was nonexistent, and the backlight bleed from the hinge was distracting.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
That’s because student borrowers often have short or nonexistent credit histories.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 4 May 2026
For weeks, Trump has been vocal about his discontent with NATO and European allies, including Germany, for their lukewarm to nonexistent support for his war with Iran.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 2 May 2026
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 12 May. 2026.
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