non-attendance
/ˌnɒn əˈtendəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːn əˈtendəns/ (ame, ipa)
non-attendance — noun
1. the situation of staying away from somewhere a person is supposed to be, such as
the situation of staying away from somewhere a person is supposed to be, such as school, court, or a meeting; also one specific time when this happens.
The judge fined Walid for repeated non-attendance at his court hearings.
non-attendance at + noun (formal legal context)
Yael's non-attendance at the wedding upset her cousins for years afterward.
noun + non-attendance at + event
The school sent a letter home about Leo's repeated non-attendance.
Persistent non-attendance can lead to a child being removed from the class register.
Heloísa explained her non-attendance at the staff meeting by sharing the hospital note.
- absence
much more common in everyday English; 'non-attendance' is the formal institutional term
- absenteeism
implies a habit of being absent without good reason, often about work or school
- truancy
specifically about a child staying away from school without permission
文法句型
non-attendance at + noun
non-attendance of + noun
用法筆記
Frequently appears in formal or institutional writing (courts, schools, workplaces) rather than casual speech. Subject is usually a person; the place or event follows 'at' or 'of'.