How to Use nonexistent in a Sentence

nonexistent

adjective
  • Xavier's 9-of-14 from the field, but the defense has been nonexistent.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
  • At the end, South erred by leading a club for a nonexistent end play.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • But that doesn’t mean his value to the club will be nonexistent.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • My eyes were much brighter and the tired bags and dark circles were pretty much nonexistent.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In one case, a frontman who never lived seems to count off a nonexistent band.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • The animation’s shoddy, the jokes are hacky, and the lessons are nonexistent.
    Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • For much of the past century, white shark sightings in places like Cape Cod were rare to nonexistent.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 July 2023
  • Resy reservations are few and far between (and for the next two weeks, nonexistent).
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Both paintings blend completely with the leaves and branches around them, the edges of the boards almost nonexistent.
    Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Arch support was nonexistent as the girlies strutted and swiveled in heels so high their feet looked like the Leaning Tower of Paisa.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • That’s a risk to the Democrats’ current slim -- and sometimes nonexistent -- control of Congress.
    Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The pair also saved on moving costs, which were nonexistent.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The nonexistent trade market left little doubt the answer teams had.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • However, this can only be used if the back is low but not nonexistent.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The divisions, which Biden was at such pains in his speech to portray as nonexistent, are in fact very real.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2023
  • As his lawyers showed in court, the evidence against Mr. Pernasilice was so thin as to be nonexistent, and the murder charge fell apart.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But that oversight has in some cases been found nonexistent.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Strength training has taught me that end goals are truly nonexistent.
    Women's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The stretchy, light nylon-spandex fabric is cut just baggy enough to fit over slim trail knee pads, and the stitched and taped seams hold strong but still feel nonexistent.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 May 2023
  • But if Myles Garrett were to play out of his mind and lead this defensive unit, limit is nonexistent.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The butchering of perspective, the nonexistent foreground, the sapping of color and light—all of it was wrong, Ramdohr wrote.
    Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • That’s two fourth quarters now, Game 1 and 2 where our fourth quarter defense has been nonexistent.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Some snow will fall as low as 4,000 feet on Sunday, but impacts are expected to be low or nonexistent.
    Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But in the months that followed the tragic fires, details about the distribution of that $100 million fund were nonexistent.
    Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The temps at local-favorite climbing spots like Moe's Valley and Black Rocks are chef's-kiss perfect now, and crowds are nonexistent.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • For some, the thought of ever owning a home is becoming more distant, if not nonexistent.
    Byalena Botros, Fortune, 3 June 2024
  • Not even his medical records or death certificate survived, as any record of the time is nonexistent.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Public outcry about Benny Chows in Houston in the two weeks since it's been announced has been quiet to nonexistent.
    Emma Balter, Chron, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Keep In Mind Arch support is minimal and moisture-wicking is nonexistent.
    Shannon Ullman, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The parts have no particular beauty on their own, but whatever beauty the over-all composition has would be duller—nonexistent, actually—without their chaos to overcome.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

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