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单词 nonentity
释义 non·entity
\(ˈ) ̷ ̷ at non-+\ noun
1. : something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
 < the whole realm of nonentities, such as “the round square” … “Apollo”, “Hamlet” — Herbert Feigl & W.S.Sellars >
 < in one day … high-heaped money-wages became fairy-money and nonentity — Thomas Carlyle >
2. : the quality or state of not existing : nonexistence
3.
 a. : a person who is totally undistinguished or unimpressive in mind, character, or achievement : one of small or mediocre talents
  < manifested by hacks and nonentities put in nomination — New Republic >
  < there can be no leaders if all the followers are nonentities — W.L.Sullivan >
  < becoming a moral nonentity — Lionel Trilling >
 b. : something of no consequence or significance : something totally lacking in distinction
  < this building therefore sinks … a nonentity, into the dismal swamp of buildings around it — Lewis Mumford >
 c. : the condition of being a nonentity
  < his shrunken figure relapsed into drab nonentity — Gerald Beaumont >
  < emerging from the unfathomable abyss of nonentity — H.L.Mencken >
  < after five and a half months of political nonentityTime >
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