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
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.
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