Other Word Forms
- quasi-existent adjective
- unexistent adjective
Etymology
Origin of existent
1555–65; < Latin existent- (stem of existēns ), present participle of existere to exist; -ent
Example Sentences
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It found that respite care was "non existent" in parts of Wales.
From BBC
These discussions rely on an assumption that events are existent things that bear these properties.
From Science Daily
It’s also, as it says, a “physical AI” company—an early contender in two artificial-intelligence businesses that are as theoretically massive as they are barely existent.
From Barron's
About 200 people may have bought funeral plans that were non existent from a Hull funeral home at the centre of a police inquiry, an MP has claimed.
From BBC
Now the Seahawks’ margin for error keeps dwindling to the point it’s barely existent.
From Seattle Times
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