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nonentity
[ non-en-ti-tee ]
noun
- a person or thing of no importance.
Synonyms: nullity, zero, mediocrity, cipher, nobody
- something that does not exist or exists only in imagination.
nonentity
/ ˌnɒnˈɛntɪtɪ /
noun
- an insignificant person or thing
- a nonexistent thing
- the state of not existing; nonexistence
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nonentity1
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Example Sentences
Her husband is a nonentity who barely speaks, which is perhaps why he doesn’t appear in any of the Disney adaptations.
Fact: Talk radio remained a nonentity when it came to fundraising for candidates.
An indolent blonde, fond of dancing, but a nonentity from both the moral and the intellectual standpoints.
Led astray by party spirit, the ministers sent Admiral Pigot, a mere nonentity, to supersede Rodney.
Olybrius, the then reigning nonentity, died in October of the same year.
It is the name of a nonentity, and has no right to a place among first principles.
The truth seems to be that as soon as Boccaccio was separated from life he became a nonentity.
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