Meaning
nonexistent
- not existing; lacking reality or presence
- extremely negligible or practically zero
In a sentence
In questa zona il segnale del telefono è quasi inesistente.
In this area, the phone signal is almost nonexistent.
Hanno cercato di risolvere un problema del tutto inesistente.
They tried to solve an entirely nonexistent problem.
Le prove contro l'imputato si sono rivelate del tutto inesistenti.
The evidence against the defendant proved to be completely nonexistent.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inesistente | masculine · singular |
| inesistente | feminine · singular |
| inesistenti | masculine · plural |
| inesistenti | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Ends in -e, so singular is 'inesistente' for both genders and plural is 'inesistenti'.
- Often used hyperbolically to denote something negligible, such as 'rischio inesistente'.