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 Wilford
Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence
our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today
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Many of the disclaimers on Facebook ads listed nonexistent entities.
—Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Virginia studied thousands of audio samples and found Whisper adding nonexistent violent content and racial commentary to neutral speech.
—Benj Edwards, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The running game was almost nonexistent Monday, finishing with 59 yards on 22 carries.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Shrinking tends to justifiably depict Jimmy as the Wrong One and Paul as the Right One, and that’s still the case here — Jimmy’s boundaries are essentially nonexistent, and as a result, his patients have become overly reliant.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024
Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Virginia studied thousands of audio samples and found Whisper adding nonexistent violent content and racial commentary to neutral speech.
—Benj Edwards, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The running game was almost nonexistent Monday, finishing with 59 yards on 22 carries.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Shrinking tends to justifiably depict Jimmy as the Wrong One and Paul as the Right One, and that’s still the case here — Jimmy’s boundaries are essentially nonexistent, and as a result, his patients have become overly reliant.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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