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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If the manual is indecipherable or nonexistent, which is often the case, a clear YouTube video or online guide can help.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Baltimore's pass rush, which was nonexistent earlier in the game, was much better toward the end, but Maye showed why he's emerged as an MVP candidate while leading New England (12-3) to first place in the AFC East.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The Copenhagen Test follows Alexander Hale (played by Simu Liu), a first-generation Chinese American who works as an intelligence analyst for a top-secret, basically nonexistent-on-paper organization called The Orphanage.
—Sofía Tafich, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025
In my experience, the sad truth is that ‘closure’ is so rare as to be virtually nonexistent.
—Josh Mankiewicz, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
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Larry Magid, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
Baltimore's pass rush, which was nonexistent earlier in the game, was much better toward the end, but Maye showed why he's emerged as an MVP candidate while leading New England (12-3) to first place in the AFC East.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The Copenhagen Test follows Alexander Hale (played by Simu Liu), a first-generation Chinese American who works as an intelligence analyst for a top-secret, basically nonexistent-on-paper organization called The Orphanage.
—Sofía Tafich, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025
In my experience, the sad truth is that ‘closure’ is so rare as to be virtually nonexistent.
—Josh Mankiewicz, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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