unbeing
English
Etymology
From Middle English unbeing, equivalent to un- + being.
Noun
unbeing (countable and uncountable, plural unbeings)
- (uncountable) nonexistence
- 1997, Migene González-Wippler, What happens after death, page 3:
- What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive.
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- (countable) A nonbeing; an entity of no existence or significance.
- 1987, Hari Mohan Prasad, The Dramatic Art of Eugene O'Neill, page 23:
- The house is pale as though its life-blood were sucked and the Cabots reduced to unbeings.
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Synonyms
- (nonexistence): See also Thesaurus:inexistence
Adjective
unbeing (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Not in existence.
- Beings yet unbeing— Sir Thomas Browne.