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nonentity in Dutch

nonentity in Dutch is schertsfiguur — nonentity means a person or thing of no real importance.

nonentity in Dutch

schertsfiguur
noun
(countable) An unimportant or insignificant person.

What does "nonentity" mean?

  1. noun A person or thing of no real importance.
    "But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future."
  2. noun The condition of not existing at all.
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nonentity in a sentence

  • But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.
  • Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley, it's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?

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What is "nonentity" in Dutch?
"nonentity" in Dutch is schertsfiguur. nonentity means: A person or thing of no real importance.
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