Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inattendance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: inat-ten-dance
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack or neglect of attendance.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mary Dedalus, Stephen's mother, died 26 June 1903; Bloom belatedly apologizes for his inattendance to her burial due to the "vigil of the anniversary of the decease of Rudolph Bloom (born Virag)...""
"I offered that this certainly shed some light on his noticeable absence from the building and his inattendance to our affairs, particularly the faint yet menacing odor of natural gas emanating from the stub of rusting pipe..."

Etymology

From in- + attendance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does inattendance mean?: Lack or neglect of attendance.
Where does inattendance come from?: From in- + attendance.

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