absentee
absentee
Definition
ab·sen·tee (ab′sən tē′)
noun
a person who is absent, as from work, school, etc.
adjective
designating or of a landlord or owner whose personal residence is distant from any other property owned, esp. from such property rented to another
absentee
Synonyms
absentee
Law Definition
n
A person who is not where he
or she would normally be found, such as a place of residence or work.
absentee
Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- squad: More likely to make way are some of Saints older pros, with Fuller a notable absentee from the squad.
Converse of object
- remain: There are no fresh injury worries for Watford, with Clarke Carlisle, Chris Powell and Scott Loach remaining the only absentees.
- have: Patrick Viera and Martin Keown are both out for the Gunners, while Kiev have no major absentees.
- authorize: In comparison, 20 % of the S1 pupils were authorized absentees while 2 % were unauthorized absentees.
- vote: Daughter Lindy dodged the mess to some extent by voting absentee and being off in Oregon pursuing the elk.
- confirm: Will Haining and Danny Hall are both definitely out and Guy Branston requires treatment, while striker Chris Porter is another confirmed absentee.
Adjective modifier
- notable: Dave Jones is the only notable absentee from Fridays game with Steve Egerton coming in.
- noticeable: Boyd was a noticeable absentee from the squad that crashed out of the FA Cup at Bournemouth on Saturday.
- unauthorized: However, in June, the majority of schools had 6 % or more of their pupils as unauthorized absentees.
- long-term: Dominic Matteo has just come back to first-team football and he was joined by another long-term absentee, Lucas Radebe.
- long: They were deprived of Batty through injury from November, with David Hopkin also a long time absentee.
- only: The only absentee - other than Cambs - is Kent.
Modifies a noun
- landlord: Despite contact with the absentee landlord, no action has yet been taken.
- ballot: The county where I am from has very strict rules about sending absentee ballots abroad.
- landowner: It should be noted that it is local farmers rather than large absentee landowners who are seeking to limit the freedom to walk.
- proprietor: We have indicated that, on past performance, we would have concerns about Mrs Walters being an absentee proprietor.
- voting: We then looked at the chart for the start of absentee voting in Florida.
- voter: If applicants registered as overseas absentee voters in 2003, do they still have to register again?
Noun used with modifier
absentee Quotes
Iasked why he was a priest and hesaid that if you haveto work for anybody an absentee boss is best.
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