Nonexistent

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Not existent or existing; not real..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not existent or existing; not real.
2. Not present or occurring.
3. Something that does not exist.

Example Sentences

"Hrunk" is a nonexistent word.

His social skills are nonexistent: he chewed with his mouth open all through dinner.

In the 1995 Test Census, the Bureau plans to test the use of Postal Service letter carriers to identify vacant and nonexistent units when it mails census questionnaires.

If there is anything of philosophical significance to be taken at face value in ordinary thought and language it is the reference and attribution of properties to existent and nonexistent objects.

Conversely, to return to the point at hand, nonexistent entities can be known, even by a Buddha, without being, thereby, substantial.

Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]

The opposite issue emerges in the summer when students face scorching temperatures with unreliable or nonexistent air conditioning.

By showing that no true statements were about nonexistents, he dismissed any facts or knowledge about the so-called beingless.

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Antonyms for nonexistent

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Word Forms

• non-existent
• non-existant
• nonexistant
• nonexistents

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