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

• absent
• lacking
• missing
• wanting

Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence

our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today

Recent Examples on the Web

Studies by the Brennan Center for Justice and the libertarian Cato Institute have found noncitizens voting is essentially nonexistent. —Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024

But although the vaccine is available in numerous high-income nations, current access in South Africa is limited to nonexistent. —Charles Ebikeme, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

The supernatural threat is simple and compelling, made immediate through those splashes of blood and moments that are deliberately lit, framed, filmed, and edited like a classic horror movie; but in between those there is clunky dialogue and almost nonexistent character work. —Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024

The pass rush — which was almost nonexistent at the start of last season — has been solid, and while defensive end Montez Sweat’s presence keys so much, the Bears are getting the kind of production from the three-technique position that is critical to Matt Eberflus’ scheme. —Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above