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
Recent Examples on the Web
But he was immediately shocked by the landscape of the West Bank: settlers acting with impunity, a police force that was essentially nonexistent outside the settlements and the Israeli Army fanning the tensions with its own operations.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Those ticket sales were a hair above early projections of $50 million to $55 million and were easily enough to tower over the nonexistent competition.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 May 2024
Palmer, the police union head, said the Colorado model is better than Wisconsin’s nonexistent standard.
—Jacob Resneck, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Kendall and Kylie Jenner’s sibling rivalry is nonexistent.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Borgers also falsely documented nonexistent work by claiming to be meeting with engagement partners for meetings to discuss potential risks from an audit.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 May 2024
In areas of your home where the signal is too weak or nonexistent, construction materials such as concrete, metal, and brick can be the cause.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
Their imperative, rather, is reopening communication lines – laying the groundwork for lapsing or nonexistent arms control agreements – to restore a sense of safety and trust in what can seem like a precarious time.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
Another tried to give away nonexistent items to confused members of a Buy Nothing forum.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Those ticket sales were a hair above early projections of $50 million to $55 million and were easily enough to tower over the nonexistent competition.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 May 2024
Palmer, the police union head, said the Colorado model is better than Wisconsin’s nonexistent standard.
—Jacob Resneck, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Kendall and Kylie Jenner’s sibling rivalry is nonexistent.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Borgers also falsely documented nonexistent work by claiming to be meeting with engagement partners for meetings to discuss potential risks from an audit.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 May 2024
In areas of your home where the signal is too weak or nonexistent, construction materials such as concrete, metal, and brick can be the cause.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
Their imperative, rather, is reopening communication lines – laying the groundwork for lapsing or nonexistent arms control agreements – to restore a sense of safety and trust in what can seem like a precarious time.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
Another tried to give away nonexistent items to confused members of a Buy Nothing forum.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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