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View usage for: (nɒnɪgzɪstənt) regional note: in BRIT, also use non-existentadjectiveIf you say that something is nonexistent, you mean that it does not exist when you feel that it should. Hygiene was nonexistent: no running water, no bathroom. nonexistent in British English (ˌnɒnɪɡˈzɪstənt) adjective1. not having being or existence 2. not present under specified conditions or in a specified place Derived forms nonexistence (ˌnonexˈistence) noun Examples of 'nonexistent' in a sentencenonexistent Both are virtually nonexistent at present.The slightest bit of adverse weather and digital reception is almost nonexistent.They have gradually distanced themselves from us and now the relationship is practically nonexistent.That partnership has over the years been completely eroded and now it is virtually nonexistent.In most modern industries it is by now almost nonexistent except for women workers.Details of her schooling are virtually nonexistent in the parallel life she constructed for herself over the years.Its appeal is almost nonexistent today.The City faces another dismal year of low or nonexistent bonuses.Moreover, access to computers and the internet is practically nonexistent in most rural areas.People born there usually stay put, trapped by low or nonexistent incomes and poor education.Via virtually nonexistent tender processes, local governments hand out projects to companies they themselves own.His plots are simple, almost nonexistent.Likewise, attempts to set national health priorities or establish a national health agenda were virtually nonexistent.My social life is nonexistent.An officer hauntingly reports that one attempt has succeeded: 'A doctor has confirmed life is now nonexistent.But his grasp on life was precarious and my mother's quality of life as a full-time carer was practically nonexistent. Synonyms of 'nonexistent'imaginary, imagined, fancied, fictional More Synonyms of nonexistent In other languagesnonexistent British English: nonexistent ADJECTIVE If you say that something is non-existent, you mean that it does not exist when you feel that it should. Hygiene was non-existent: no running water, no bathroom. - American English: nonexistent
- Brazilian Portuguese: não existente
- Chinese: 不存在的
- European Spanish: inexistente
- French: inexistant
- German: nicht vorhanden
- Italian: inesistente
- Japanese: 存在しない
- Korean: 존재하지 않는
- European Portuguese: não existente
- Latin American Spanish: inexistente
British English: non-existent ADJECTIVE If you say that something is non-existent, you mean that it does not exist when you feel that it should. Hygiene was non-existent: no running water, no bathroom. - American English: non-existent
- Brazilian Portuguese: inexistente
- Chinese: 未支付
- European Spanish: inexistente
- French: inexistant
- German: nicht vorhanden
- Italian: inesistente
- Japanese: 存在しない
- Korean: 존재하지 않는
- European Portuguese: inexistente
- Latin American Spanish: inexistente
Definition not existing in a particular place The paper trail revealed a long history of fraud, with false invoices and sales to nonexistent customers. Synonyms imagined fancied unreal hallucinatory chimerical Opposites real , true , existing , actual , genuine , existent , veritable , dinkum (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Additional synonymsDefinition wildly fanciful or imaginary Synonyms fanciful, wild, fantastic, fabulous, vain, imaginary, visionary, unreal, unfounded, illusory, quixotic, hallucinatory, illusive, delusivea drama featuring fictional characters Synonyms imaginary, made-up, invented, legendary, unreal, nonexistentDefinition based on assumption rather than fact or reality a purely hypothetical question Synonyms theoretical, supposed, academic, assumed, imaginary, speculative, putative (formal), conjecturalNearby words ofnonexistent - nonentity
- nonetheless
- nonevent
- nonexistent
- nonpareil
- nonplussed
- nonsense
Additional synonymsDefinition seeming to be true, but actually false the illusory nature of nationhood Synonyms unreal, false, misleading, untrue, seeming, mistaken, apparent, sham, deceptive, deceitful, hallucinatory, fallacious, chimerical, delusiveDefinition imaginary or unreal Their thoughts seemed as insubstantial as smoke. Synonyms imaginary, unreal, fanciful, immaterial, ephemeral, illusory, incorporeal, chimericalDefinition imaginary or fictitious They are trying to preserve a mythical sense of nationhood. Synonyms imaginary, made-up, fantasy, invented, pretended, untrue, unreal, fabricated, fanciful, fictitious, make-believe, nonexistent |