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nonexistent

nonexistent

52 4.8
Not real or present
  • adjective
  • /nɑːnɪɡˈzɪstənt/
translation icon : inexistente
  • But you do understand, the chances of him racing again are virtually nonexistent.
  • virtually nonexistent
  • almost nonexistent
  • practically nonexistent

And my failure rate is nonexistent or really low.

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Examples

  • The consequences of this geographic determinism are that the southern lands around Nubia have narrow or nonexistent floodplains, which make irrigation difficult.

  • Can we not talk about my nonexistent film career right now?

  • And my failure rate is nonexistent or really low.

  • The number is almost nonexistent, and I mean almost nonexistent for the year.

  • My skin routine is essentially nonexistent and my face routine is actually nonexistent.

  • The service out here is practically nonexistent.

  • The associated rituals at the sacred sites are all but nonexistent; the ceremony has lost its original meaning.

    Academic text (2008)
  • She'd gotten into the habit of complaining to him about her nonexistent love life.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The combination of poor populations, ruinous climate, and nonexistent infrastructure does not attract major automakers.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The support for the project was nonexistent, leaving the team to fend for themselves.

Synonyms

absent
vsnonexistent
139 1.0

Not present where expected or not existing when needed

is about lacking existence completely rather than simply being temporarily not in one place
nonextant
vsnonexistent
  • Formal
9.9

Not existing any more

is about things that never existed rather than having existed before

Antonyms

1.0

Happening in real life, not imagined

4 6.0

Real and present, not only imagined

How Real

existent
4 6.0
nonexistent
52 4.8

Surface Forms

nonexistent positive

Morphology

nonexistent = existent (transparent) = non + exist + ent

The prefix 'non-' clearly negates the adjective 'existent'.

Etymology

The word nonexistent is made of non- ('not') and exist ('to be'), so it literally means 'not existing' and is used for something that is 'not real' or 'not present'.