nonexistent
Britishadjective
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not having being or existence
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not present under specified conditions or in a specified place
Other Word Forms
- nonexistence noun
Example Sentences
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It’s our father, likely calling to see how our mystery shopping trip to the nonexistent Somewhere Mall went.
From Literature
He believes that there’s “effectively nonexistent” risk that merchants start vibe coding their own software and upend Shopify’s business model.
From MarketWatch
With state funding so low and federal funding nonexistent until now, Whyte says there isn’t enough being done to understand how best to address gambling addiction.
From Barron's
First, the bad news: “Snowcrete” is the treacherous ice that results when rain, imprecise or nonexistent plowing and insufficient salting turn what was once fluffy white snow into a dense and dirty scourge.
"Thank you for the homes, we are grateful, but please don't forget us for water, a school, clinics, the mobile network," which is currently nonexistent, he said.
From Barron's
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