Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having no existence; nonexistent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Existing in something else; inherent. Also inexisting.
  • Not existing; having no existence; pertaining to non-existence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Inherent; innate; indwelling.
  • adjective Not having being; not existing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Nonexistent.

Etymologies

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in- +‎ existent

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Examples

  • Just come to Portugal in summer between June and September and eat those "inexistent" Sardines... you will never forget it!

    Do sardines exist? 2006

  • And that was absolutely true for Albania, because the mandrell capacity of the public sector was almost inexistent.

    Get Briefed: Sali Berisha Alexandra Zendrian 2010

  • At the geopolitical level, the disagreement is slight or nearly inexistent, in view of the highly developed relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the North Atlantic Alliance NATO in terms of shaping a new regional order.

    Raghida Dergham: Arab Gulf States Agree on Iranian Threat, Disagree on How to Address It Raghida Dergham 2011

  • The study predicted that, by 2022, the country would still require $7.2 billion in foreign aid a year—and that assumes an upsurge of so-far inexistent mining-industry revenue and no dramatic deterioration of security.

    Afghanistan Seeks Enduring Support Yaroslav Trofimov 2011

  • At the geopolitical level, the disagreement is slight or nearly inexistent, in view of the highly developed relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the North Atlantic Alliance NATO in terms of shaping a new regional order.

    Raghida Dergham: Arab Gulf States Agree on Iranian Threat, Disagree on How to Address It Raghida Dergham 2011

  • And that was absolutely true for Albania, because the mandrell capacity of the public sector was almost inexistent.

    Get Briefed: Sali Berisha Alexandra Zendrian 2010

  • And that was absolutely true for Albania, because the mandrell capacity of the public sector was almost inexistent.

    Transcript: Sali Berisha Steve Forbes 2010

  • We are not far from a rupturist episode between an inexistent civil society and a political elite unable and unwilling to move forward.

    Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort: The Truth About Spain's Politics Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort 2010

  • And that was absolutely true for Albania, because the mandrell capacity of the public sector was almost inexistent.

    Transcript: Sali Berisha Steve Forbes 2010

  • We are not far from a rupturist episode between an inexistent civil society and a political elite unable and unwilling to move forward.

    Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort: The Truth About Spain's Politics Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort 2010

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