nonattendance
- noun
- /ˌnɒnəˈtɛndəns/
:
ausencia
- Dorothy was dismissed from a program for nonattendance.
Examples
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The issue, the only issue, is the nonattendance of these two students and their flagrant and inexcusable neglect of work.
Fiction book (2001) -
Some nonattendance stemmed from parental or pupil rejection of schooling, some from economic constraints, and some from a complex mixture of causes.
Academic text (1999) -
You will often be in a unique position to identify the reason for their nonattendance.
Academic text (2012) -
The most common reasons for nonattendance were circumstances that made it difficult to attend (40.0 percent) and lack of transportation (33.3 percent) (Table 1).
Academic text (2000) -
Throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth, the CNEI and the BIA lamented chronic nonattendance.
Academic text (1999) -
His nonattendance at the meeting surprised everyone, as he was usually very punctual.
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The teacher marked her nonattendance on the attendance sheet after she missed the class.
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Nonattendance at the important event may affect his chances of getting promoted.
Synonyms
216
2.1
A lack of someone or something that should be there
21
4.0
A person expected at an appointment who does not arrive and gives no notice
A failure by a person to come to a place they should, often in court or at a meeting
Not being in a place or at an event
Antonyms
How Often
101
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonattendance = attendance (transparent) = non + attendance
The prefix 'non-' productive negation added to the familiar noun 'attendance' yields the straightforward meaning 'not being present'.
Etymology
Nonattendance combines non- meaning 'not' and attendance, which comes from the verb attend meaning 'to be present'. So nonattendance simply means 'not being present' at an event.