insussistenza

non-existence

noun een-soos-see-STEN-tsah Rare

Also means

groundlessness

Usage Note

Insussistenza is a formal legal and administrative term asserting that something lacks factual or legal basis. You will see insussistenza dei presupposti (absence of the required conditions) in Italian administrative law and court decisions. It is feminine and rarely used outside official documents.

Examples

"Il giudice ha dichiarato l'insussistenza del reato."

Natural Translation

The judge declared the non-existence of the offence.

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