unbeing

/ʌnˈbiːɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English unbeing, equivalent to un- + being.

adj

  1. Not in existence, nonexistent.“Beings yet unbeing”

noun

  1. Nonexistence.“What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive.”
  2. A nonbeing; an entity of no existence or significance.“The house is pale as though its life-blood were sucked and the Cabots reduced to unbeings.”