not existing; not real:
a non-existent danger / problem * 'How's your social life?' 'Non-existent, I'm afraid.' * Hospital beds were scarce and medicines were practically non-existent.
compareEXISTENT
non-existence noun [U]:
They refused to comment on the existence or non-existence of a waiting list.
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