non-appearance
Failure to attend
Non-appearance is the failure to appear somewhere you were expected or required to be, especially in a legal context.
A defendant's non-appearance at a scheduled court hearing may result in a warrant for arrest or a default judgment.
The term also applies outside courtrooms: The band's non-appearance at the festival disappointed thousands of fans.
It emphasizes the absence itself as a notable event rather than merely describing someone as missing.
One who fails to appear
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- absentNot in attendance
- unavailableCannot be accessed
- nonattendanceFailure to appear
truancy · absenteeism · default · skipping · dropout · away · gone · vacant
Not perceived visually
- hiddenKept out of sight
- invisibleCannot be seen
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
obscured · veiled · shrouded · camouflage · covert · latent · elusive · unnoticed
Being barred from participation
- leaving outFailing to include
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- skippedWent past without stopping
- bypassedWent around an obstacle
neglected · forgotten · unmentioned · unstated · passed over · left out · dropped · cut
no-show
One who fails to appear
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- absentNot in attendance
- unavailableCannot be accessed
nonattendance · truancy · absenteeism · default · skipping · dropout · away · gone · vacant · empty
unseen
Not perceived visually
- hiddenKept out of sight
- invisibleCannot be seen
- undetectableImpossible to notice
concealed · obscured · veiled · shrouded · camouflage · covert · latent · elusive · unnoticed · unobserved
exclusion
Being barred from participation
- leaving outFailing to include
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- skippedWent past without stopping
bypassed · neglected · forgotten · unmentioned · unstated · passed over · left out · dropped · cut · eliminated
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Outward visible form
attendance · court appearance · presence · showing up · arrival
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Outward visible form
manifestation · emergence · materialization · showing · visibility
appear, appearance, appearances, appearing, appeared, appears, reappear, reappearance, disappear