Dunno is listening to you
absent [ a·b·s·ent ]
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1. Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something.
wings are absent in several species of crane flies
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2. (of an expression or manner) showing that someone is not paying attention to what is being said or done.
Ms. Crew reached for the door handle, her face frozen in an absent smile.
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1. Go away or remain away.
halfway through the meal, he absented himself from the table
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1. Without.
It may seem silly, but absent an instruction sheet, how was he to know?
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1. Middle English via Old French from Latin absens, absent- ‘being absent’, present participle of abesse, from ab- ‘from, away’ + esse ‘to be’.
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