missed appointments
Failed to attend
Missed appointments are scheduled meetings or engagements that someone failed to attend.
The phrase appears most often in medical and professional contexts, where repeated no-shows may incur fees or affect service: The clinic charges $50 for missed appointments.
Missing appointments wastes others' time and resources, so policies often address them explicitly.
- no-showOne who fails to appear
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- lateNot on time
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- skippedWent past without stopping
rescheduled · front desk · waiting · empty · chair · wasted time · voicemail · reminder · courtesy call · tardy · calendar · scheduling · double booked · time slot · receptionist · doctor's office · excuse · apology
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- healthcare problemsmedical errors, misdiagnosis, high costs, long waits, staffing shortages
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
missed appointmentsperfect attendance
Never missing a day
punctuality · showing up · being there · dependability · reliability
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