Non-attendance
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of nonattendance. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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.
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