Synonyms of nonexistent
: not in actual or present occurrence : not existing
… historical accounts of the first Thanksgiving are almost nonexistentJasper White
Water was often a luxury, bathrooms were nonexistent, the food was often suspect.Noel Vietmeyer
Although brain size and organization became basically modern at least 100,000 years ago, with the robust Neanderthals, their advances in tool-making were slight, their self-expression through art virtually nonexistent.John Noble Wilford

Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence

our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today
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The Protestant church had been nonexistent and was now a minority faith. David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Yet data on women as franchisors, founders who build and license systems rather than buy into them, remains nearly nonexistent. Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Investment in emergency infrastructure has been all but nonexistent, a shortcoming now measured by a death toll that has climbed past seventeen hundred in a matter of days. Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 Studies have also shown that voting by noncitizens is virtually nonexistent. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonexistent

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonexistent was in 1646

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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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