nonentity

Etymology

non- + entity

noun

  1. (countable) An unimportant or insignificant person.
    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. 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
    Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it? 2000, J.K. Rowling, quoting Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, page 203
  2. (uncountable) The state of not existing; nonexistence.

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