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absent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absentminded, abstracted, scatty |
an absent stare.
an absentminded professor.
absent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | absence |
Examples of absent
absent
The prevalent wind that adds to Orchard Creek's difficulty was virtually absent.
From the timesunion.com
Arsenal's loan signing Yossi Benayoun has largely been absent in recent seasons.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Theer is no point in thinking about what might have been absent the euro crisis.
From the economist.com
Absent, too, is the rock chick swagger that always seemed so much a part of her.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Ke$ha, who was absent from this year's VMAs, has also rebelled against the norm.
From the dailyherald.com
If the organisms were absent each of the instructions would be equally abundant.
From the newscientist.com
Its logo was noticeably absent from Microsoft's press materials about the tieup.
From the guardian.co.uk
Absent that task, they must be given something else to do or they go stir crazy.
From the post-gazette.com
Buffardi, who has been largely absent from the public eye, was sporting a beard.
From the timesunion.com
- Go away or leave; "He absented himself"
- Not being in a specified place
- Lacking: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
- Lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
- (absently) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently"
- (absence) the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
- (absence) failure to be present
- Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation. Traditionally, absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implicit contract between employee and employer; it was seen as a management problem, and framed in ...
- (Absence (Bernice Summerfield)) Absence is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
