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View definitions for absent

absent

adjective as in not present

adjective as in deficient in something needed or usual

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Example Sentences

She was ordered to pay the city more than $29,000 for benefits and pay she received while she was absent.

It should also be stated that those missing will insist they are absent for genuine reasons.

From BBC

The momentum–turning plays that the Rams executed during their three-game winning streak were noticeably absent on Monday night against the Miami Dolphins in a 23-15 defeat before 72,474 at SoFi Stadium.

Elections are won by inches, and that immediate economic appeal looks glaringly absent as the post mortems roll in.

From Slate

But this year the leaders of some of the biggest economies and biggest carbon emitters are notably absent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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