• Nonentity

    Origin

    - + entity

    Full definition of nonentity

    Noun

    nonentity

    (plural nonentities)
    1. an unimportant or insignificant person
      • 1973 , Patrick O'Brian , w, But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.
      • 2000 , w, w:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Chapter , Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?
    2. (uncountable): the state of not existing; nonexistence

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