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nonentity

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non·en·ti·ty  (nn-nt-t)
n. pl. non·en·ti·ties
1. A person regarded as being of no importance or significance.
2. Nonexistence.
3. Something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination.
nonentity [non-enn-tit-tee]
Noun
pl -ties an insignificant person or thing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nonentity - the state of not existing
nonexistence
nonbeing - the state of not being
irreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
nihility, nothingness, nullity, void - the state of nonexistence
impossibility, impossibleness - incapability of existing or occurring
2.nonentity - a person of no influence
nobody, cypher, cipher
common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title
pip-squeak, small fry, squirt - someone who is small and insignificant
jackanapes, whippersnapper, lightweight - someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
nonentity
noun nobody, lightweight (informal) mediocrity, cipher, small fry, unimportant person
Translations
nonentity [nɔˈnɛntɪtɪ] n → cero a la izquierda, nulidad f
nonentity [nɔˈnɛntɪtɪ] n → personne insignifiante
nonentity [nɔˈnɛntɪtɪ] n (person) → Nichts nt, unbedeutende Figur f
nonentity [nɔˈnɛntɪtɪ] n → persona insignificante


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True, the slavery and abasement in which she held me might have given me (such things often do so) the power to question her with abrupt directness (seeing that,, inasmuch as I figured in her eyes as a mere slave and nonentity, she could not very well have taken offence at any rude curiosity); but the fact was that, though she let me question her, she never returned me a single answer, and at times did not so much as notice me.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
It was as if she enjoyed looking forward to something in which nothing, neither an unsympathetic mother, nor the cruel fate which had made her a colourless little nonentity, could prevent her from being the chief performer.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Miss Millward was there, it is true, but she, of course, would be little better than a nonentity.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
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