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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Life was confusing enough at fifteen, so I never pursued it when people mentioned these nonexistent places, and now here was my own uncle saying the same nonsense.
From Literature
I know I didn’t help things when I tricked her into giving me two hundred dollars for nonexistent swim club dues so that she could pay for necessities for the dog she doesn’t have.
From Literature
And if small-caps are a tiny or nonexistent part of your stock allocation today, the next bear market could be an opportunity to fix that.
“The number of defaults are almost nonexistent and really troubled situations are very small,” Bissonnette said on last month’s earnings call.
From Barron's
“I thought it was going to be impossible. If you’d asked me five days ago, I would have said the chances of you solving this mystery were nonexistent, and—how do you feel?”
From Literature
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