nonentities

• The people of these countries felt humiliated at being ruled by foreigners who had not themselves done anything of importance and who were, in fact, nonentities, who had no merit except that of being Napoleon's brothers. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
• One uncharitable Tory ex-minister told me that he no longer paid much attention to his colleagues because half of them were 'nonentities' and the other half 'mad From the outset my view was that William Hague performed better at the dispatch box than his detractors allowed.
• The once-central Cameron and Chase went off to become rarely seen nonentities, while Foreman remained to work with House and a new crop of doctors. —  NPR Topics: News
• It was a tale of two nonentities, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. —  Maverick Philosopher
• Most Israelis ', and certainly hard-line Zionists' treatment of Palestinians as subhuman nonentities, was very effectively confirmed and reinforced. —  Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.

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