nonentity

Efforts to make it appear that one of the world’s wickedest men would be in thrall to this milky, recessive nonentity are laughable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The follow-up on the red carpet was just as much of a nonentity, asking Garner what fans should know about the Silver Surfer.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

In the primary’s final days, New Hampshire Democrats who are supporting Mr. Biden engaged in a bit of self-congratulation while dismissing Mr. Phillips as a nonentity.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

A few days ago he called the Kremlin leader "a nonentity" and "a cowardly waste of space", says BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2023

“Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It’s almost as though he’s a complete nonentity, isn’t it?” he crowed.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

Autocratic leaders, as Joachim Fest writes, are often "demonic nonentities."

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2021

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

A continual worry is that those in the balcony cheap seats might fall while trying to get a better view, setting off a "Niagara of nonentities."

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2015

In a few weeks the rectory would be once more tenanted by one of those nonentities the squire had either patronised or scorned all his life.

From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward