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nonentity noun [ nɒˈnɛntɪti ]

• a person or thing with no special or interesting qualities; an unimportant person or thing.
• "a political nonentity"
Similar: unimportant person, person of no importance, person of no account, nobody, cipher, non-person, man of straw, nothing, small fry, lightweight, mediocrity, second-rater, no-hoper, non-starter, small beer,
Opposite: somebody, celebrity, heavyweight,
• non-existence.
• "asserting the nonentity of evil"
Origin: late 16th century: from medieval Latin nonentitas ‘non-existence’.


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