nonexistent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌnɑnɪɡˈzɪstənt/ UK /ˌnɒnɪɡˈzɪstənt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not existing; absent

    Funding for the program was practically nonexistent.

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Synonyms
1 adj · not existing; absent absentmissingfictionalimaginaryunrealillusory
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Etymology

From non- ('not') + existent, from Latin exsistens, present participle of exsistere ('to stand forth, exist').

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