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non⋅en⋅ti⋅ty

  [non-en-ti-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. a person or thing of no importance.
2. something that does not exist or exists only in imagination.
3. nonexistence.
Origin:
1590–1600; non- + entity

Synonyms:
1. nobody, cipher, mediocrity, zero, nullity.
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non·en·ti·ty   (nŏn-ěn'tĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. non·en·ti·ties
  1. A person regarded as being of no importance or significance.
  2. Nonexistence.
  3. Something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Nonentity

Non*en"ti*ty\, n.; pl. Nonentities. 1. Nonexistence; the negation of being.

2. A thing not existing. --South.

3. A person or thing of little or no account. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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nonentity 
c.1600, "something which does not exist," from non- + entity. Meaning "a person or thing of no importance" is attested from 1710.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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