nonattendance

/nˌɑnætˈɛndəns/ noun

**Nonattendance** describes the state of not being present where one is expected or invited. It covers everything from missing a dentist appointment to skipping a parliament session. In bureaucratic reports the term appears as a clean, neutral label for absences, allowing officials to count missed appearances without assigning motive. Schools list nonattendance among attendance metrics, while airlines may log it as a passenger's failure to board. The word works equally well for planned avoidance and accidental oversleeping, because the focus stays on the absence itself. Use it when a simple noun for “did not show up” is needed.

【核心含义】指未按预期或邀请出席的状态,涵盖从缺席约会到逃避会议等各种情况。

多用于行政文书或统计报告(如学校考勤、航班误机),强调客观记录而非缺席原因。注意与"absence"通用,但更侧重"未到场"的事实描述。

【Significado central】La falta de presencia o de asistencia de alguien a un lugar o compromiso donde se esperaba que concurriera.

Es un término (formal) propio de contextos institucionales, burocráticos y oficiales: aparece en informes gubernamentales, registros escolares, actas parlamentarias y bitácoras de aerolíneas. Su valor principal es que describe la ausencia de manera neutra, sin atribuir causa ni intención, lo que permite contabilizar las inasistencias sin distinguir si fueron accidentales o deliberadas. Es la opción adecuada cuando se necesita un sustantivo limpio para "no se presentó". En el habla cotidiana se prefiere "ausentarse" (verbo) o simplemente "falta" (sustantivo coloquial). Funciona bien como modificador: *nonattendance record* = "registro de inasistencias".

Word Origin Nonattendance is built from non- 'not' and attendance, which comes from Latin ad- 'to' and tendere 'to stretch' — so attendance is literally 'stretching toward' something, like a class. Nonattendance is the failure to stretch yourself there. The tendere root gives us extend (stretch out), intend (stretch toward a goal), and tension (the state of being stretched).

noun A failure to attend; nonappearance. countable

His repeated nonattendance at meetings led to his dismissal from the committee.

(名词) 未出席;缺席

他屡次缺席会议导致被委员会除名。

(sustantivo) incomparecencia; inasistencia; ausencia; no asistencia [Falta de asistencia; inasistencia.]

Su repetida inasistencia a las reuniones provocó su destitución del comité.

(nom) absence; absentéisme; défection; non-fréquentation [Fait de ne pas être présent à un lieu ou à un événement auquel on était attendu ; absence répétée.]

Ses absences répétées aux réunions ont entraîné son renvoi du comité.

(Substantiv) Das Fernbleiben oder Nicht-Erscheinen zu einem erwarteten Ereignis oder Termin.

Seine wiederholte **nonattendance** bei den Sitzungen führte dazu, dass er aus dem Ausschuss entlassen wurde.

(名詞) 欠席。不出席。出頭しないこと。

会議への彼の繰り返されるnonattendanceが、委員会からの解任につながった。

(substantivo) ausência; não comparecimento; falta [Falha em comparecer; não comparecimento.]

Sua ausência repetida às reuniões levou à sua demissão do comitê.

Word parts: non + attend + ance

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