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

Marko submitted falsified documents to the banks, including tax returns that overstated his income and false financial statements showing assets in a nonexistent investment account. —Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026

That small flicker of humanity gets blown out like one of nonexistent candles on Orson’s nonexistent birthday cake. —Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026

Public transport is almost nonexistent and schools and workplaces have reduced their hours. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026

The signs show that the Knicks will finally add extra bodies to relieve much of the workload from the team’s core — a concept that was nonexistent under previous head coach Tom Thibodeau. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 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