no-show
Stood someone up
A no-show is someone who fails to appear for a reservation, appointment, or commitment without canceling: The restaurant had three no-shows Friday night.
Airlines and hotels routinely overbook to compensate for expected no-shows.
The term also works as an adjective: a no-show guest, no-show jobs (positions where someone collects pay without actually working).
Failure to attend
- nonattendanceFailure to appear
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
AWOL · skip · default · unattended · forfeiture · walkout · ditching · bailing
Advance arrangement to hold
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- overbookingAccepting excess reservations
- waitlistRoster of pending hopefuls
- appointmentScheduled time for something
hotel · restaurant · flight · confirmation · rebooking · penalty · forfeit · deposit
Ceasing to be visible
- disappearingCeasing to be visible
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
incommunicado · flaking · bailing · ditching · ignoring · evasion · unreachable · MIA
Crumbly or unreliable
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
undependability · untrustworthiness · carelessness · negligence · thoughtlessness · disregard · disrespect · rudeness
Failure to satisfy expectations
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- inconvenienceMinor difficulty or trouble
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
crestfallen · annoyed · bummed · deflated · discouraged · displeased
nonappearance
Failure to attend
- nonattendanceFailure to appear
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
truancy · AWOL · skip · default · unattended · forfeiture · walkout · ditching · bailing · flaking
reservation
Advance arrangement to hold
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- overbookingAccepting excess reservations
- waitlistRoster of pending hopefuls
appointment · hotel · restaurant · flight · confirmation · rebooking · penalty · forfeit · deposit · guest
vanishing
Ceasing to be visible
- disappearingCeasing to be visible
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- silenceTotal lack of sound
avoidance · incommunicado · flaking · bailing · ditching · ignoring · evasion · unreachable · MIA
flaky
Crumbly or unreliable
- undependableNot consistently trustworthy
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
inconsistent · undependability · untrustworthiness · carelessness · negligence · thoughtlessness · disregard · disrespect · rudeness · inconsiderate
letdown
Failure to satisfy expectations
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- inconvenienceMinor difficulty or trouble
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
disheartened · crestfallen · annoyed · bummed · deflated · discouraged · displeased
- scheduling errorsdouble booking, overbooking, missed deadline, wrong time, wrong date
- hotelshotel staff, hotel room, accommodations, hotelier, innkeeper
- absenceabsent, away, gone, missing, lack
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet
- Hotel Bookinghotel, reservation, confirmation, check in, vacancy
- restaurant termskitchen, table, gratuity, seat, reservations
no-showattendee
Person present at event
arrival · present · participant · guest · appearance
no-showdependable
Worthy of trust
follow-through · trustworthy · steadfast · man of his word · punctual