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BNC: 32742 COCA: 30076

nonentity

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nonentity /nɑnˈɛntəti/ noun
plural nonentities
nonentity
/nɑnˈɛntəti/
noun
plural nonentities
Learner's definition of NONENTITY
[count]
: a person who is not famous or important无名小辈;无足轻重的人
BNC: 32742 COCA: 30076

nonentity

noun

non·​en·​ti·​ty ˌnän-ˈen-tə-tē How to pronounce nonentity (audio)
-ˈe-nə-
1
: something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
2
3
: a person or thing of little consequence or significance

Example Sentences

the arctic circle is a nonentity—you won't see it on the way to the north pole was so quiet he was almost a nonentity at the meeting
Recent Examples on the Web Rom-com beats notwithstanding, female friendship is at the heart of the film, with only two significant male characters onscreen and Carla’s fiancé a nonentity. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022 A year into his tenure, Ebrahim Raisi, a political nonentity, limits himself to speeches on good governance. Reuel Marc Gerecht And Ray Takeyh, WSJ, 12 May 2022 And now, also in Hollywood fashion, after decades as a nonentity, the L.A. River is having a career revival, starring as itself in an urgent real-time, real-life comeback docudrama. Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022 For a media that is primed only to cover politics as a conflict between a red team and a blue team, this bill is basically a nonentity. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2021 His gargantuan contract may have seemed like job security, but the Raiders are a relative nonentity on the NFL’s power rankings. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2021 The Republican Party has become a nonentity in statewide races — the last time a Republican was elected statewide was in 2006. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2021 How can someone who commanded over 80 million followers on Twitter before being banned, and who remains the central figure in Republican politics, produce a blog that is such a nonentity in the contemporary media environment? Philip M. Napoli, Wired, 5 June 2021 Hutch feels like a nonentity in his own life, beaten down by the ennui of routine; cowed by his own reluctance to violently engage a few burglars, which garners ridicule from his family, friends and the beat cop who takes his statement. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonentity was in 1604
BNC: 32742 COCA: 30076

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