Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-attendance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: non-at-ten-dance
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of nonattendance.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"No substitute bus services could be organised, and it is almost as though the train operator has been taken by surprise by the non-attendance of staff who appear to have made themselves unavailable - whether or not the diagram concerned was covered by overtime. It is a feature of present-day operations that non-attendance of staff is much greater than was the case prior to the COVID disruption, without taking account of industrial unrest."

Etymology

From non- + attendance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

non-attendances (plural)

Questions

What does non-attendance mean?: Alternative form of nonattendance.
Where does non-attendance come from?: From non- + attendance.

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