nonexistent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From non- + existent.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not existent or existing; not real.
His social skills are nonexistent: he chewed with his mouth open all through dinner.
If there is anything of philosophical significance to be taken at face value in ordinary thought and language it is the reference and attribution of properties to existent and nonexistent objects.
1996, Dale Jacquette, Meinongian Logic: The Semantics of Existence and Nonexistence, Walter de Gruyter, page 7:Conversely, to return to the point at hand, nonexistent entities can be known, even by a Buddha, without being, thereby, substantial.
2015, Jonathan Gold, “Paving the Great Way: Vasubandhu's Unifying Buddhist Philosophy”, in Paperback, Columbia University Press, published 2016, page 275:"Hrunk" is a nonexistent word.
In the 1995 Test Census, the Bureau plans to test the use of Postal Service letter carriers to identify vacant and nonexistent units when it mails census questionnaires.
1994, William Martin Hunt, Decennial Census: 1995 Test Census Presents Opportunities to Evaluate New Census-Taking Methods, US General Accounting Office, page 4:
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(not-comparable) Not present or occurring.
The opposite issue emerges in the summer when students face scorching temperatures with unreliable or nonexistent air conditioning.
2018 January 4, Janie Tankard Carnock, “Frigid Baltimore City schools: The racism we haven’t confronted”, in CNN:Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 111:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| non-existant | alternative, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| nonexistant | alternative, misspelling | lexicographic | |
| non-existent | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
lost to the world · nonexistence · nonexistential
Synonyms
inessential · inexistent · nonexistent · zilch · null · absent · extinct · inexistent · beingless
Translations (49)
fi olematon (not existent) · ro inexistent (not existent) · ja 存在しない (not existent) · bg несъществу́ващ (not existent) · es inexistente (not existent) · de nicht existent (not existent) · ht inègzistan (not existent) · cmn 不存在的 (not existent) · sh непо́стоје̄ћӣ (not existent) · uk неісну́ючий (not existent) · mk непостоечки (not existent) · de unbefindlich (not existent) · de nicht vorhanden (not existent) · nl niet-bestaand (not existent) · tr mevcut olmayan (not existent) · sh nepóstojēćī (not existent) · da ikkeeksisterende (not existent) · eo neekzistanta (not existent) · pl nieistniejący (not existent) · ro neexistent (not existent) · sv icke-existerande (not existent) · cs neexistující (not existent) · ro nonexistent (not existent) · ja 無い (not existent) · fr inexistant (not existent) · pt inexistente (not existent) · sk neexistujúci (not existent) · hu nem létező (not existent) · rw kitariho (not existent) · ka არარსებული (not existent) · tr yok (not existent) · ta இல்லாத (not existent) · sv obefintlig (not existent) · tr namevcut (not existent) · ca inexistent (not existent) · io nihilo (not existent) · hy գոյություն չունեցող (not existent) · ru несуществу́ющий (not existent) · ko 존재하지 않는 (not existent) · de nichtexistierend (not existent) · mt ineżistenti (not existent) · ta கிடையாத (not existent) · sa असत् (not existent) · ar مَعْدُوم (not existent) · gl inexistente (not existent) · sl neobstoječ (not existent) · it inesistente (not existent) · am የለም (not existent) · be неісну́ючы (not existent)