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nonexistent

adjective

  1. doesn't exist
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From non- + existent.

  1. Not existent or existing; not real.

    “"Hrunk" is a nonexistent word.”

    “His social skills are nonexistent: he chewed with his mouth open all through dinner.”

  2. Not present or occurring.

    “Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]”

    “The opposite issue emerges in the summer when students face scorching temperatures with unreliable or nonexistent air conditioning.”

noun

Etymology: From non- + existent.

  1. Something that does not exist.

    “By showing that no true statements were about nonexistents, he dismissed any facts or knowledge about the so-called beingless.”