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non-existent en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + existent.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of nonexistent.
    • Roads were practically non-existent and travel was undertaken mainly by water, streams and rivers providing the only practical routes. 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:
    • It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the present rail passenger service is meagre and between Wetherby and Church Fenton almost non-existent. 1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103: