inexistent

[ in-ig-zis-tuhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inexistent

/ ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstənt /

1640–50; < Late Latin inexistent- (stem of inexistēns ) not existing. See in- ³, existent

Is it possible for an inexistent thing to vouch for the existence of something which we know only from its attestations?

At the bottom of the ravine the alternative vanishes; becomes a thing inexistent, in fact.

He was a good subject for speculation because imponderable and inexistent.

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