Sentence examples for nonexistent word from inspiring English sources

"nonexistent word" is not a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is not a real, or existing, English word but rather a phrase used to describe a word or phrase that does not exist. For example, you might say, "I've never heard of that word--it must be a nonexistent word."

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If the child createsa nonexistent word, Monique simply reads the letters, announces that it is not a word and encourages the child to try again.

This week's Riff essay by Willy Staley deals with rap lyrics and mondegreens — specifically, the previously nonexistent word "fanute," which was born from people's mishearing a verse by rapper French Montana on Rick Ross's "Stay Schemin'".

The greatest drawback was that I couldn't bluff myself by laying a "phony" (a plausible but nonexistent word like "pukha" or "burlock"), or by deliberately misspelling a common noun ("fettel") to lure an opponent into making it plural, then challenging it off the board — a legitimate if churlish ploy.

Then for three months I mistakenly used that nonexistent word as his name.

They came for the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, "Sandos" (a nonexistent word, commonly used by assholes instead of "sandwiches") and Roasted Medjool Date & Kale Salads.

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Non-words, which appeared in half of the 48 trials, were made of pseudohomophones, i.e., nonexistent words composed of Chinese characters that have the same sounds as real words.

Another misspells aglomeración, which means crowding, as glomeración, a nonexistent Spanish word that Diego Olive, a professional translator, called laughable.

On Tuesday, John York, the owner of the 49ers and a doctor, used the word "nonexistent" when discussing the survey.

And back then "build-quality" and "factory warranty" were equivalent to terms like ABS and compact disc in other words, nonexistent.

Coming from an oral tradition, the written word was nonexistent until the missionary arrival.

Or is this in fact a nonexistent problem because the word is normally encountered in print so variations in pronunciation present no confusion?

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