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[ adjective ] not having existence or being or actuality

Examples

"chimeras are nonexistent"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

The conscience is non-existent in the 2 - year old .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

Also , interlobular air drifts may be all_but nonexistent in the cow ; probably occur in the horse much_as in the human_being ; and , in contrast are present to a relatively immense degree on a segmental basis in the dog where lobules are absent ( Van_Allen and Lindskog , ' 31 ) .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Leaving the theatre after the performance , I had a flash of intuition that life , after_all ( as Rilke said ) , is just a search for the nonexistent cup of hot coffee , and that this unpretentious , moving , clever , bitter slice of life was the greatest thing to happen to the American theatre since Brooks_Atkinson retired .

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[ adjective ] not existing

Examples

"innovation has been sadly lacking" "character development is missing from the book"

Related terms

absent

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