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nonentities

nonentities is the plural of nonentity.

Meaning of nonentity

Noun

nonentity (countable and uncountable, plural nonentities)

  1. (countable) An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
    • The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a nonentity—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 201–202
  2. (uncountable) The state of not existing; nonexistence.
    • New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own nonentity.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 201

Questions about nonentities

What is nonentities the plural of?
Nonentities is the plural of nonentity.

Words near nonentities in the dictionary

  1. nonenthusiasm
  2. nonenthusiast
  3. nonenthusiastic
  4. nonenthusiasts
  5. nonentitative
  6. nonentities
  7. nonentitive
  8. nonentitize
  9. nonentitized
  10. nonentitizes
  11. nonentitizing

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