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Nonexistent

Not having existence.

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Absent 84% connected

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

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Absent 84% connected

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

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Barren 84% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Barren 84% connected

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

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Destitute 84% connected

Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

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Destitute 84% connected

Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

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Devoid 84% connected

To empty out; to remove.

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Devoid 84% connected

To empty out; to remove.

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Free 84% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Free 84% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Innocent 84% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Innocent 84% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Lacking 84% connected

of Lack

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Lacking 84% connected

of Lack

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Missing 84% connected

of Miss

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Missing 84% connected

of Miss

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Vanished 84% connected

of Vanish

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Vanished 84% connected

of Vanish

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Wanting 84% connected

of Want

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Wanting 84% connected

of Want

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Nonentity 74% connected

Nonexistence; the negation of being.

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Nonentity 74% connected

Nonexistence; the negation of being.

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Attribute 4

Existence 66% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Existence 66% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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See also 2

Extinct 66% connected

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

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Extinct 66% connected

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

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Antonym 2

Existent 94% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existent 94% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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