nonexistent
adjective
non·ex·is·tent
ˌnän-ig-ˈzi-stənt 
: not in actual or present occurrence : not existing
… historical accounts of the first Thanksgiving are almost nonexistent …—
Jasper White
Jasper WhiteWater was often a luxury, bathrooms were nonexistent, the food was often suspect.—Noel Vietmeyer
Noel VietmeyerAlthough brain size and organization became basically modern at least 100,000 years ago, with the robust Neanderthals, their advances in tool-making were slight, their self-expression through art virtually nonexistent.—John Noble Wilford
John Noble Wilford
Examples of nonexistent in a Sentence
our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today
Recent Examples on the Web
Much of her childhood was spent training, leading to a strained — and later, nonexistent — relationship with her mother.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 June 2024
Friends had told me that the food was disappointing and the LGBTQ scene basically nonexistent.
—David Dodge, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
In the long history of Western painting, monumental portraits of Black women are almost nonexistent.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Dialogue is nearly nonexistent, but the film thrums with a kinetic musical rhythm.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 31 May 2024
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 June 2024
Friends had told me that the food was disappointing and the LGBTQ scene basically nonexistent.
—David Dodge, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
In the long history of Western painting, monumental portraits of Black women are almost nonexistent.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Dialogue is nearly nonexistent, but the film thrums with a kinetic musical rhythm.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 31 May 2024
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“Nonexistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistent. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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