"non-existent" meaning in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "existent"
      },
      "expansion": "non- + existent",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From non- + existent.",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "non-existent (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "nonexistent"
        }
      ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:",
          "text": "Roads were practically non-existent and travel was undertaken mainly by water, streams and rivers providing the only practical routes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:",
          "text": "It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the present rail passenger service is meagre and between Wetherby and Church Fenton almost non-existent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of nonexistent"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "nonexistent",
          "nonexistent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-existent"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "existent"
      },
      "expansion": "non- + existent",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From non- + existent.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "non-existent (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "nonexistent"
        }
      ],
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms prefixed with non-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:",
          "text": "Roads were practically non-existent and travel was undertaken mainly by water, streams and rivers providing the only practical routes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:",
          "text": "It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the present rail passenger service is meagre and between Wetherby and Church Fenton almost non-existent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of nonexistent"
      ],
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        [
          "nonexistent",
          "nonexistent#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-existent"
}