nonentities
Example Sentences
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The velocity at which running backs go from the country’s biggest athletic stars to nonentities can be jarring.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021
Virtually all of these supposed terrorists turned out to be nonentities — “ghost leads,” as they were called.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
Somebody asks Pence a question and he responds like they are nonentities.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2020
He was a nonentity even among the nonentities who remained after Yeltsin’s perpetual clearing-out of his cabinets.
From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2017
As his partners and helpers, he always engages nonentities, without power of initiative, who blindly follow his orders.
From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge