nonentity

[ non-en-ti-tee ]

/ nɒnˈɛn tɪ ti /

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noun, plural non·en·ti·ties.

a person or thing of no importance.

something that does not exist or exists only in imagination.

Nearby words

noneffective, nonego, nonelected, nonelectrolyte, nonempty, nonentity, nonequivalence, nones, nonessential, nonessential amino acid, nonesuch

Origin of nonentity

First recorded in 1590–1600; non- + entity

SYNONYMS FOR nonentity

1 nobody, cipher, mediocrity, zero, nullity.

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Examples from the Web for nonentity

Fact: Talk radio remained a nonentity when it came to fundraising for candidates.
Why the GOP Lost the Web Race|Eric Boehlert|May 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"No one can work on the paper who isn't a party member," the other nonentity said.
Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards
It is my last desperate effort as a wife to save you from baldness, obesity, and nonentity.
A Modern Chronicle, Complete|Winston Churchill
Their shadowy Arthur has left an undying name in romance, and is a nonentity in history.
Amenities of Literature|Isaac Disraeli

He felt the Frenchman was perfectly right in all he had said, and that a king, to do his duty, must be practically a nonentity.
Kophetua the Thirteenth|Julian Corbett
You shew me nonentity itself to be as doubtful as immortality!
The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5)|Fanny Burney

British Dictionary definitions for nonentity

nonentity

/ (ˌnɒnˈɛntɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

an insignificant person or thing

a nonexistent thing

the state of not existing; nonexistence

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nonentity

noun, plural non·en·ti·ties.

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nonentity

noun plural -ties