Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - nonentity
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Nonentity
nonentity
noun Date: circa 1600 1. something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination 2. nonexistence 3. a person or thing of little consequence or significance
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1.
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a person or thing of no importance. 2 a non-existence. b a non-existent thing, a figment. Etymology: med.L nonentitas non-existence ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
noun 1) ничтожество, пустое место (о человеке) 2) несуществующая вещь, фикция 3) небытие ...Англо-русский словарь
3.
(nonentities) If you refer to someone as a nonentity, you mean that they are not special or important in any way. Amidst the current bunch of nonentities, he is a towering figure... She was written off then as a political nonentity. = nobody N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
4.
~ n someone who has no importance, power, or ability, and who you have no respect for (Chomsky was the only speaker of any importance - the rest were nonentities.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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