The word 'nonentity' is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe someone or something that is unimportant, insignificant, or lacking in substance or value. Example: He was once a rising star in the political scene, but after the scandal, he became a mere nonentity.
Friedrich Reck's Diary of a Man in Despair (New York Review Books), begins in 1937 when this German novelist and scholar foresees the catastrophe to be inflicted by Hitler, that nonentity who "wears his cap like a Berlin tram-driver".
"I AM not sure if you have noticed, but where there is a louse, a nonentity, a low life, thief or fool, they are all Islamists.
As to actual powers, these are few: compared with finance ministers in other countries, the treasury secretary of the United States is a nonentity.
The outgoing president, Pratibha Patil, was a bland nonentity.
Aged 76, he succumbed to a rare moment of self-pity: "So I am to become a nonentity, am I?" Hardly.The Turners are in Washington till January 6th 2008.
Bizarrely, the referendum might potentially oust the 39 other members of the city council, leaving the 40th in the 2010 ballot, a nonentity, as the interim mayor, pending a fresh election.At best this looks like a colossal and unnecessary distraction from the task of governing Peru's capital.
If the Spanish make it something beautiful, like surrounding Andalusia, instead of the grubby nonentity it currently is then everybody will be a winner.Roland Jennings MarbellaEurope's RomaSIR – It is excellent that The Economist chose to devote an obituary to Nicolae Gheorghe (August 17th).
But as the authorities this week turned up the heat on some of Russia's most powerful companies, at least the cynical view that President Vladimir Putin is a nonentity installed by the old guard to protect their privileges is looking less plausible.In his state-of-the-nation speech to parliament last weekend, Mr Putin outlined his vision of an orderly and prosperous Russia.
Mr Clegg, the star of the 2010 debates, remains an appealing voice of the moderate centre but is at risk of becoming almost a political nonentity, as his party's near wipe-out ratings warrant.Nicola Sturgeon affirmed that she is one of Britain's most formidable politicians.
A nonentity in the previous election, he now looks strong in parts of urban Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the north-west.He has advantages.
She is not exactly a nonentity, having served as a state senator for the Clark County area (which includes the Las Vegas Strip, with most of the big casinos and hotels) in the 1990s.
