US /nɑnˈɛkstənt/ UK /nɒnˈɛkstənt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    no longer existing; not extant

    The original manuscript is nonextant, known only from copies.

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Synonyms
1 adj · no longer existing; not extant extinctvanishedlostdefunctperished
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Related forms extant

Etymology

From non- ('not') + extant, from Latin exstans, present participle of exstare ('to stand out, exist'), from ex- ('out') + stare ('to stand').

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