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How to use nonentity in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Nonentity means an unimportant or insignificant person or thing. Example: “Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity!”

Examples of nonentity by meaning

nounAn unimportant or insignificant person or thing.

  • Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity!1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...
  • Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley, it's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “Mad-Eye Moody”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4), London...
  • He allowed himself to become a nonentity, a void, a receptacle for the voices of the world.2005, Christopher Paolini, “Visions Near and Far”, in Eldest, page 538

More sentences with nonentity

  • Such people were never completely untraceable in two hundred planetfuls of nonentities.1954, Edna Mayne Hull, Planets for Sale, page 119. From the entry planetful
  • Gwen was something of a pretty nonentity in the comics, her death really only served the purpose of hurting Peter.2014 June 1, Dave Van Domelen, “Dave’s Capsules for May 2014”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet). From the entry fridge
  • Churchill as First Lord had been a power in the land; Alexander was an amiable and efficient nonentity.2012, Angus Calder, The People's War: Britain 1939-1945, page 88. From the entry power in the land
  • The most deadly of all ghosts are wandering over Britain and medicine, apartheiding people into superiors and nonentities.2003, Mayur K. Lakhani, A Celebration of General Practice, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry apartheid
  • But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 225. From the entry nonstarter
  • But the same wall may stop some nonentity making his getaway, and he's the one the inquiry keelhauls.1988, Bill James, Protection, London: Constable & Co., →ISBN. From the entry keelhaul
  • The southern relationship was a slaveholder-physician dyad, with the slave left outside, unconsulted, uninformed, and with no recourse if she or he was unsatisfied, injured, or killed—a medical nonentity.2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 64. From the entry dyad

Meaning of nonentity

  1. noun An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
  2. noun The state of not existing; nonexistence.

Full definition of nonentity

Questions about nonentity in a sentence

How do you use nonentity in a sentence?
Nonentity is used as a noun. For example: “Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity!”
What is a short sentence with nonentity?
“Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity!”
What does nonentity mean?
Nonentity means an unimportant or insignificant person or thing.

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