| 单词 | nonentity |
| 释义 | nonentity (once / 7553 pages) 1n 2n The noun nonentity refers to a person of no significance or importance. If you are a member of a sports team, but spend all your time sitting on the bench watching the rest of the team play, you will probably feel like a nonentity. Something that is an entity exists, and if you are considered a nonentity, you might as well not exist. A political nonentity has no power, and a social nonentity blends in with the wallpaper. Not only people are considered nonentities; groups or things can be nonentities too. If a nonentity beats a nationally ranked team, that's a real upset. The cereal brand that stays on the shelf and is ignored can also be considered a nonentity in the cereal market. WORD FAMILYnonentity: nonentities+/entity: entities, nonentity USAGE EXAMPLESAt this meeting, they were officially a nonentity. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) Nonentities have been placed in positions of authority; a former kebab-shop owner and PiS councillor now oversees research in a large state energy firm. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) Sky transformed Britain from being almost a nonentity in professional road cycling into a world dominator. New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) 1 n a person of no influence 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper cipher, cypher, nobody pip-squeak, small fry, squirt someone who is small and insignificant jackanapes, lightweight, whippersnappersomeone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous common man, common person, commoner a person who holds no title n the state of not existing Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper nonexistence being, beingness, existence the state or fact of existing irreality, unreality the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact nihility, nothingness, nullity, voidthe state of nonexistence impossibility, impossiblenessincapability of existing or occurring cloudout of touch with reality falseness, falsitythe state of being false or untrue thin airnowhere to be found in a giant void inconceivability, inconceivablenessthe state of being impossible to conceive unattainablenessthe state of being unattainable nonbeing the state of not being |
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