🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

inexistant

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /i.nɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nonexistent/nɒnˈɛksɪstənt/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Ses chances de gagner étaient pour ainsi dire inexistantes."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not existing; not real or present.

    "Opportunities for employment in the small town were practically nonexistent."
  2. 2

    Of no current concern or relevance; lacking significance.

    "His contribution to the success of the project was nonexistent."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'nonexistent' is derived from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and the root 'existent' from Latin 'existere', meaning 'to stand out' or 'to be'. The combination reflects the absence of existence, a concept that has evolved in philosophical discourse since the 17th century.

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