inexistent

[ in-ig-zis-tuhnt ]

adjective

1. not existent; having no existence; nonexistent.

inexistent

/ ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstənt /

adjective

1. a rare word for nonexistent

Derived Forms

• ˌinexˈistence, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexistent¹

1640–50; < Late Latin inexistent- (stem of inexistēns ) not existing. See in- ³, existent

Example Sentences

Free speech in the country continues to be basically inexistent.

From Slate

Yodel’s performance ends and begins with Anne as the headstrong independent woman 21st-century audiences should enjoy, which means that Anne’s journey from a meek, yielding young woman toward a confident and self-possessed one becomes muted, virtually inexistent.

From New York Times

In response, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned that ongoing “forced conscription, indiscriminate detention, forced disappearances, torture, physical and sexual violence, discrimination in access to housing, land and property as well as poor or inexistent basic services” made Syria unsafe.

From Washington Post

In short, a “thinking organ could be fooled into believing in an inexistent reality.”

From Washington Post

The possibility that new strains will be resistant to existing vaccines are low, but not “inexistent,” Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief science adviser for the U.S. government’s vaccine distribution effort, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

From Washington Times