(ˈ) ̷ ̷ at non- + noun
1. : something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
the whole realm of nonentities, such as “the round square” … “Apollo”, “Hamlet” — Herbert Feigl & W.S.Sellars
in one day … high-heaped money-wages became fairy-money and nonentity — Thomas Carlyle
2. : the quality or state of not existing : nonexistence
3.
a. : a person who is totally undistinguished or unimpressive in mind, character, or achievement : one of small or mediocre talents
manifested by hacks and nonentities put in nomination — New Republic
there can be no leaders if all the followers are nonentities — W.L.Sullivan
becoming a moral nonentity — Lionel Trilling
b. : something of no consequence or significance : something totally lacking in distinction
this building therefore sinks … a nonentity , into the dismal swamp of buildings around it — Lewis Mumford
c. : the condition of being a nonentity
his shrunken figure relapsed into drab nonentity — Gerald Beaumont
emerging from the unfathomable abyss of nonentity — H.L.Mencken
after five and a half months of political nonentity — Time