nonentity (ˌnɒnˈɛntɪtɪ
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Definitions
noun
- an insignificant person or thing
- a nonexistent thing
- the state of not existing; nonexistence
Usage examples
Did he think he had paid her a compliment, that she liked being a nonentity ?
, Miss Melville Regrets (1987)Under Gupta, the administration was characterised as aimless and the chief minister was viewed as a blend of a nonentity and a clown.
India Today (2000)Queen: Don't you speak to me like that, you dirty little nonentity.
SA Star (2005)In prison, the former solicitor, who was such a nonentity in the straight world, finds that at last he has become a somebody.
Times, Sunday Times (2005)As far as I'm concerned, Ian Chappell as a human being is a nonentity.
, Botham - My Autobiography (1994)