How to Use nonexistent in a Sentence

nonexistent

adjective
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  • Xavier's 9-of-14 from the field, but the defense has been nonexistent.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean his value to the club will be nonexistent.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • My eyes were much brighter and the tired bags and dark circles were pretty much nonexistent.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In one case, a frontman who never lived seems to count off a nonexistent band.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • The animation’s shoddy, the jokes are hacky, and the lessons are nonexistent.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
  • For much of the past century, white shark sightings in places like Cape Cod were rare to nonexistent.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 July 2023
  • Both paintings blend completely with the leaves and branches around them, the edges of the boards almost nonexistent.
    — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Arch support was nonexistent as the girlies strutted and swiveled in heels so high their feet looked like the Leaning Tower of Paisa.
    — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • The pair also saved on moving costs, which were nonexistent.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The nonexistent trade market left little doubt the answer teams had.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The divisions, which Biden was at such pains in his speech to portray as nonexistent, are in fact very real.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2023
  • As his lawyers showed in court, the evidence against Mr. Pernasilice was so thin as to be nonexistent, and the murder charge fell apart.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But that oversight has in some cases been found nonexistent.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Strength training has taught me that end goals are truly nonexistent.
    — Women's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The stretchy, light nylon-spandex fabric is cut just baggy enough to fit over slim trail knee pads, and the stitched and taped seams hold strong but still feel nonexistent.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 May 2023
  • But if Myles Garrett were to play out of his mind and lead this defensive unit, limit is nonexistent.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • That’s two fourth quarters now, Game 1 and 2 where our fourth quarter defense has been nonexistent.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Some snow will fall as low as 4,000 feet on Sunday, but impacts are expected to be low or nonexistent.
    — Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But in the months that followed the tragic fires, details about the distribution of that $100 million fund were nonexistent.
    — Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Public outcry about Benny Chows in Houston in the two weeks since it's been announced has been quiet to nonexistent.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Part of the episode showed Christine and Janelle's adult children venting about their current relationship with Robyn — which, for many of the kids, is nonexistent.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Within the cities, streets are narrow, and parking is nearly nonexistent.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Sure, some wind noise is audible, but road noise is almost nonexistent.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 25 July 2023
  • And the interest burden was almost nonexistent at that point.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In many wilderness areas, cell service may be spotty or nonexistent, so don’t count on using your phone’s GPS.
    — Julie Corliss, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The feature gives users a way to contact authorities even when stranded in an area where cell service is scarce or nonexistent.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In the chaos, infrastructure and public services were left to languish or were nonexistent.
    — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Many health care providers have pointed out that the scientific basis of the current lawsuit is flimsy at best and nonexistent at worst.
    — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Getting a cell phone plan can be tough with poor or nonexistent credit, and cell phone providers often reserve their best deals for people with good credit scores.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
  • For decades after the war, public funding for Black education in the South was meager or nonexistent.
    — Nicholas P. Brown, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023

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