Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is expected but does not appear, especially.
- noun A person who reserves a place, as on an airplane, but neither uses nor cancels the reservation.
- noun A person who buys a ticket for an event but does not attend.
- noun A person who unexplainedly fails to keep an appointment.
- adjective Requiring little or no actual attendance or work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun someone who shirks a duty.
- noun A person who is expected to attend a gathering but does not come.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun idiomatic An
absence ; somebody who doesn'tshow up or a failure to make a schedule appearance, especially at one's place of employment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation
- noun someone who shirks duty
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Examples
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"That refers to a 'no-show' passenger," explained the junior officer who had been so delicately insulting at first.
The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000
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"That refers to a 'no-show' passenger," explained the junior officer who had been so delicately insulting at first.
The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000
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As a result, Mr. Mooney said, contractors did not report the extortion to the police but instead gave coalition members construction jobs and frequently paid so-called no-show fees to Mr. Jennings to keep coalition members off their sites.
NYT > Home Page By NOAH ROSENBERG 2011
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To reduce no-show rates, patients must pay at least a portion of an insurance co-payment online before the appointment.
Medical practices increasingly allow online appointments 2011
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The press will shrug his no-show over the weekend and it will be politics as usual come Monday.
UK Met office pushes reset button on CRU data. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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In a couple of other games earlier this spring, the no-show rate at the Beavers was about 1200.
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Perhaps someone can ferret out an answer on what the typical/average/median no-show rate is.
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To reduce no-show rates, patients must pay at least a portion of an insurance co-payment online before the appointment.
Medical practices increasingly allow online appointments 2011
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His idea to be a SOTU no-show was not a protest, according to local press reports.
Jason Salzman: Rep. Lamborn Says Others Played Hookie With Him Jason Salzman 2012
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His idea to be a SOTU no-show was not a protest, according to local press reports.
Jason Salzman: Rep. Lamborn Says Others Played Hookie With Him Jason Salzman 2012
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