Any antonyms of be? [closed]

Is there any word that is the opposite of the verb, "be?" That is, the state of not existing?

Several thesauruses give answers related to the termination of existence -- die, cease, desist, ebb, stop -- but I haven't found a single word that indicates something does not exist and never has existed.

"My ambition died that day," implies that you once had ambition.

"My ambition is absent," perhaps avoids the terminal aspect of existance. But it shows that there is an ambition, and that it is doing (being) something. It is being absent.

"I lack ambition," is more to the point, but is more about someone possessing (or not possessing) a thing than the existence of the thing.

How could you say, "National ambition nonexists," with a verb expressing the non existence of the thing?

Do any other languages have a word like this?

It troubles me that the most fundamental verb in English -- perhaps the most essential word in English -- does not have a proper antonym. Even The Bard came up short in his immortal question, "To be, or not to be?"

Help me, please, that I may sleep tonight.

Solution 1:

There is no antonym. If there were, Shakespeare would not have given Prince Hamlet the immortal line: “To be or not to be, that is the question…”. Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.

In fact, one could even argue that the impact of this line on popular culture has prevented an antonym from emerging. It has in effect been barded from the language.

The line even has its own Wikipedia page, where you can read about how Shakespeare’s English has influenced others, including the creators of a Klingon language for Star Trek. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_be,_or_not_to_be