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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not existent",
"word": "mevcut olmayan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not existent",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "namevcut"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neisnújučyj",
"sense": "not existent",
"word": "неісну́ючий"
}
],
"word": "nonexistent"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with non-",
"English uncomparable adjectives"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "existent"
},
"expansion": "non- + existent",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From non- + existent.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nonexistents",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "nonexistent (plural nonexistents)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011, Carolyn Swanson, Reburial of Nonexistents, page 5",
"text": "By showing that no true statements were about nonexistents, he dismissed any facts or knowledge about the so-called beingless.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something that does not exist."
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "non-existent"
},
{
"tags": [
"misspelling"
],
"word": "non-existant"
}
],
"word": "nonexistent"
}
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