The blurred figure in the picture was a nonentity. From LearnThat.org.
Joe McElderry – Shuddering nonentity from the north-east. From Wordnik.com. [X Factor Final Betting Odds – Journey South Odds] Reference
Oh, and I'm such a "nonentity" that this thread is STILL going on, I see. From Wordnik.com. [David Lindsay: New Labour Are Cleaned Up Trots] Reference
She lives there with her current man, Floyd, a kind of nonentity who has little influence on Val's life or on his thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Even by Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez] Reference
Being "70 to 79" doesn't make me a "nonentity" since the "death panel" is not yet in power. From Wordnik.com. [Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories] Reference
Trotsky, having been relegated to the status of a political 'nonentity' by his opponents, with Robert. From Wordnik.com. [Socialist Party Main leads] Reference
The Queen Mother, in her way, was not a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [Farewell To An Icon And An Era] Reference
"Do you mean to say you think me such a nonentity?". From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
"He's not a nonentity," the governor objected gently. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
How can they be vanquished by an appeal to a nonentity?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Is he going to hurt the Democrats, or is he going to be a nonentity?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2004] Reference
For neither force nor time has any meaning when applied to a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel.] Reference
He was seven years younger and sort of a nonentity in our family as a kid. From Wordnik.com. [Forgotten] Reference
And he's ripped off a nonentity for a winning pitch, without even realizing it. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Makes the All-Time Television Pantheon and Unspools Another Fine Episode] Reference
His intellectual ability made it impossible for him to be anywhere a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
"Larry, what did you think of that blond nonentity Tarnhorst brought with him?". From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
When they wanted to dismiss someone as a nonentity, they called him a "nice man.". From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why Dean Is Still The Democrat To Watch] Reference
He is the fast young man, who considers you a perfect nonentity if you don't bet. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
And what is all this but to pray for a nonentity, a mere creature of their own mind?. From Wordnik.com. [Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive] Reference
Google is so far the leader in search that Microsoft is -- is basically a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2009] Reference
Chinese emperor was a complete nonentity and no longer played any part in the struggle for power. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
But as to the commercial success or failure of a periodical, the editor is absolutely a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
But this tranquillity of position, and nonentity of power, by no means suited the taste of Napoleon. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Deadwood who do not drink, but they are so few and scattering as to seem almost entirely a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills] Reference
For it was evident from the first that whatever her real character might be, she was anything but a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Matter therefore is the reality and the imagination a nonentity, an unsubstantial idea; or an imagination only. '. From Wordnik.com. [An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles] Reference
After a few minutes he looked like William Forrester completely, a nice enough guy but pretty much of a nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
I have been a nonentity -- an utterly useless being; 'one too many,' like the sad hero of Tourgueneff's sad story. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference
Lord Cowper was an honest nonentity who left the country in disgust because he was not backed up by the Government. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
He was such a colorless nonentity that he simply seemed to fade into the background of the walls once he had made his entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
The result is that the man who has not time to pay visits becomes a social nonentity, and society, in some circles, is simply a. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
You absolutely refuse to take your Bannister years seriously, you banjo-thumping, pillow-punishing, campus-torturing nonentity. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
He knew well the pride of some of the princes, who would like to see the Emperor a nonentity and themselves the heroes and masters. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Would we prefer to elect some inoffensive nonentity as president, instead of taking our chances with nonentities of the blood royal?. From Wordnik.com. [Farewell To An Icon And An Era] Reference
Why did this nonentity -- for one didn't have to see her to be sure that she was that -- have to interrupt and rob him of his pleasure?. From Wordnik.com. [One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'] Reference
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