Example Sentences

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Some of us who survive the worst survive it into bare inexistence.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2019

"We suffer from the inexistence of institutions, and that's what makes us different from Tunisia and Egypt," he said.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2014

Adj. absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

We are familiar with death - widely considered the most common form of inexistence.

From Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema by Vaknin, Samuel

The reason is the inexistence of sufficient data on XZM models.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Moisa, Dorin Teodor