nonexistentnon‧ex‧ist‧ent /ˌnɒnɪɡˈzɪstənt◂ $ ˌnɑːn-/ adjective 
On a Sunday morning traffic was almost nonexistent.—non-existence noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Employment and job training for these young people is almost nonexistent.
- It turned out that many of the letters of recommendation were from nonexistent companies.
- Steady jobs are almost nonexistent in remote parts of the country.
- And inequality of income is one reason inflation is nonexistent.
- Besides, the boundaries of the leprosarium were permeable, and surveillance at the federal level was almost nonexistent.
- Discussion of what to do to improve matters is almost nonexistent.
- Even if airline space is available, discounts likely will be nonexistent during this period.
- These links were weak or nonexistent in the Low Country, where most villages were identified with only one caste.
- We would have liked to build, but planning permission in Snowdonia National Park was practically nonexistent.
- Where existing infrastructure is inadequate or nonexistent, new alternatives tend to take off faster.
Longman Language Activatorto not exist
· The Atlantic Ocean did not exist 150 million years ago.· She looked right through me as if I didn't exist.· The village the old man mentioned doesn't exist on any of my maps.
spoken use this to tell someone that you are sure something does not exist: · I don't believe in vampires - there's no such thing.there's no such thing as: · I've come to the conclusion that there's no such thing as perfect happiness.
something that is nonexistent does not exist: · Steady jobs are almost nonexistent in remote parts of the country.· It turned out that many of the letters of recommendation were from nonexistent companies.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY On a Sunday morning traffic was almost nonexistent.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
On a Sunday morning traffic was almost nonexistent.· Discussion of what to do to improve matters is almost nonexistent.· Besides, the boundaries of the leprosarium were permeable, and surveillance at the federal level was almost nonexistent.· Education of Negroes was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the race were illiterate.· And third, it takes time, an almost nonexistent commodity in most libraries today.· Ties between the woman and her daughters by a previous marriage were almost nonexistent, the neighbor said.· With digital signals, though, the problem is almost nonexistent.· True, homicides are infrequent and gang warfare is almost nonexistent in a small town.
· We would have liked to build, but planning permission in Snowdonia National Park was practically nonexistent.· But checking with knowledgeable people at the Vermont Maple Laboratory, I found that the literature was practically nonexistent.· As it turns out, the Hare virus was practically nonexistent.· Her technique as a performer is practically nonexistent.
· The station telephone rang, a rarity in itself, since phone service on the island was virtually nonexistent.· The price of propane had been controlled until 1983, and competition was virtually nonexistent.· Hilliard recalled that when the Black Panthers formed in 1966, black-on-black crime was virtually nonexistent.· With governmental control of the food supply, railroads, and fuel, states' rights were virtually nonexistent in some areas.
WORD FAMILYnounexistence ≠ non-existenceexistentexistentialismexistentialistcoexistenceadjectiveexistent ≠ nonexistentexistingpre-existingexistentialexistentialistverbexistcoexist
something that is nonexistent does not exist at all, or is not present in a particular placealmost/virtually/practically etc nonexistent On a Sunday morning traffic was almost nonexistent.—non-existence noun [uncountable]