missed appointment
Failed to attend
A missed appointment is a scheduled meeting or booking that someone failed to attend.
The term appears in medical, business, and service contexts where no-shows create problems: The clinic charges a fee for missed appointments.
Missing an appointment may be the patient's fault or the result of miscommunication, but the phrase typically implies the person who was expected didn't show up.
- no-showOne who fails to appear
- cancelledOfficially called off
- skippedWent past without stopping
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- lateNot on time
slept through · rescheduled · waiting · waiting room · empty · chair · front desk · receptionist · doctor's office · voicemail · reminder · calendar · notification · apologize · reschedule · time slot · penalty · fee
- scheduling errorsdouble booking, overbooking, wrong time, wrong date, overlap
- Parole Violationsfailed drug test, failure to report, absconding, curfew violation, technical violation
- office mistakestypo, billing error, transcription error
- consumer problemsdefective product, billing error, wrong item, hidden fees, hidden fee
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
missed, misses, missing, appoint, appointed, appointing, appointments, appointee, appointees