No-show

//ˈnoʊ ˌʃoʊ//

Synonyms for "no-show" (4 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
absentee

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
no-show sock

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)
nonattendertruant

Related word relations

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Related terms

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derived

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Translations

19 translations across 8 languages.

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Finnish

4 entries
  • haamuasiakas noun (somebody who does not show up)
  • haamupotilas noun (somebody who does not show up)
  • poissaoleva noun (somebody who does not show up)
  • poissaolo noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)

Galician

1 entries
  • ausente noun (somebody who does not show up)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ノーショー noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)
  • ノーショー noun (somebody who does not show up)

Korean

2 entries
  • 노쇼 noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)
  • 노쇼 noun (somebody who does not show up)

Navajo

1 entries
  • bideedį́į́ʼ noun (somebody who does not show up)

Polish

3 entries
  • nieobecność noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)
  • niestawienie się noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)
  • osoba nieobecna noun (somebody who does not show up)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ausente noun (somebody who does not show up)
  • ausência noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)
  • descomparecimento noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)
  • não-comparecimento noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)

Spanish

1 entries
  • incomparecencia noun (a failure to make a scheduled appearance)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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Tom was a no-show for the third week in a row.

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Tom is a no-show.

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James was a no-show at the event.

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You may want to consider instituting a charge for no-shows. […] Also, you must inform patients, in advance, that there is a charge for no-shows, and what that charge is.

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