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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Freedoms of speech, assembly and association are nearly nonexistent.
—Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
So, these black holes would produce powerful jets both early and later in their lifetimes, with an interlude in the middle where the jets are either weak or nonexistent.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Privacy was nonexistent, as the rooms in the early days were separated by curtains, and the communal bathrooms and showers had no partitions.
—Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
In the United States, China’s market share in electric vehicles is nearly nonexistent.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
So, these black holes would produce powerful jets both early and later in their lifetimes, with an interlude in the middle where the jets are either weak or nonexistent.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Privacy was nonexistent, as the rooms in the early days were separated by curtains, and the communal bathrooms and showers had no partitions.
—Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
In the United States, China’s market share in electric vehicles is nearly nonexistent.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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