non-existent

See also: nonexistent

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ existent.

Adjective

non-existent (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of nonexistent.
   • 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:

     Roads were practically non-existent and travel was undertaken mainly by water, streams and rivers providing the only practical routes.

   • 1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:

     It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the present rail passenger service is meagre and between Wetherby and Church Fenton almost non-existent.

References

• “non-existent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.