nonentity

[non-en-ti-tee]

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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.

nonexistence.

Origin of nonentity

First recorded in 1590–1600; non- + entity

Synonyms for nonentity

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1. nobody, cipher, mediocrity, zero, nullity.

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Related Words for nonentity

cipher, nothing, upstart, nobody, zero, zilch, nonexistence

Examples from the Web for nonentity

Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of nonentity

You can't put her off with Mrs. Theobald; she knows as well as we do that she is a nonentity.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
E. M. Forster
I can't think of any one you know—not a nonentity—but I should like to bring a friend, if I may.
Audrey Craven
May Sinclair
Anything to get me out of this hell of deceit, nonentity namelessness.
Garrison's Finish
W. B. M. Ferguson
In Europe, as you know, till a woman is married she is a nonentity.
The Lure of the Mask
Harold MacGrath
Compare "pseudonym," where the prefix is contracted, and "nonentity."
"Stops"
Paul Allardyce

British Dictionary definitions for nonentity

nonentity

noun plural -ties

an insignificant person or thing

a nonexistent thing

the state of not existing; nonexistence

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