nonentity

nonentity

English

Etymology

non- +‎ entity

Noun

nonentity (plural nonentities)

1. an unimportant or insignificant person
   • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise, →ISBN:

     But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.

   • 2000, J.K. Rowling, quoting Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, →ISBN, page 203:

     Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?

2. (uncountable): the state of not existing; nonexistence

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonentity

Related terms

• nobody (noun)

Translations

an unimportant or insignificant person

Czech: nýmand (cs) m Dutch: schertsfiguur (nl) m or f Icelandic: smámenni n, núll (is) n Italian: uomo da niente m, zero assoluto (it), nullità (it) f, estraneo (it) m, sconosciuto (it) m Maori: mōri Norwegian: Bokmål: null (no) n or m Nynorsk: null n or m

Russian: ничто́жество (ru) n (ničtóžestvo) Slovak: niktoš m

nonexistence — see nonexistence