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Away from a place, typically where one is expected

Missing, or not present or existing

Not paying attention to what is being said or done

Cold and not feeling or showing any emotion

Unable to be found

Lacking care or enthusiasm

Deeply engrossed or fascinated by, or with, something

Having no legal or binding force

Difficult or impossible to be obtained, acquired or reached

Excluded or left out

Minus, lacking, or not including

Absent from where one is expected to be, such as one's home

To leave a place, often for another

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Adjective

Away from a place, typically where one is expected

“Noticeably absent from the Havana conference were trade union representatives from the USA and Canada.”

Adjective

Missing, or not present or existing

“Indeed, concrete recommendations for enhanced public participation in forest management are virtually absent from the report.”

Adjective

Not paying attention to what is being said or done

lost in thought

in a brown study

immersed in thought

deep in thought

inclined to forget

a million miles away

in a world of your own

lacking concentration

not concentrating

with your head in the clouds

off in a world of one's own

unaware of events

head in the clouds

with a mind like a sieve

with a memory like a sieve

looking out window

asleep on the job

negligent about

having a memory like a sieve

like an absent-minded professor

driven to distraction

feather-brained

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

not thinking clearly

head over heels

eat sleep and breathe

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“The same boy who sat there listlessly with an absent look on his face would suddenly jump up with his eyes lit up.”

Adjective

Cold and not feeling or showing any emotion

undemonstrative

uncomprehending

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Adjective

Unable to be found

Adjective

Unexplained

Adjective

Lacking care or enthusiasm

could care less

undistinguished

run-of-the-mill

good-for-nothing

lacking vitality

unconcerned about

apathetic towards

uninvolved with

nonchalant about

couldn't care less

don't give a damn

phlegmatic about

unresponsive to

unenthusiastic about

taking your time

procrastinating

not enthusiastic

undemonstrative

two-dimensional

apathetic about

uninterested in

frivolous about

not giving a monkey's

uncommunicative

lacking in vitality

going through motions

incurious about

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Adjective

Deeply engrossed or fascinated by, or with, something

in a brown study

head over heels

eat sleep and breathe

passionate about

enthusiastic about

up to one's ears

deep in thought

preoccupied with

single-minded about

obsessive about

paying attention

listening carefully

having a one-track mind

hanging on every word

up to one's ears in

under someone's spell

mentally enchanted

with your head in the clouds

in a world of your own

twitterpated by

very interested

enamoured of^US

infatuated with

extremely curious

very inquisitive

highly interested

extremely interested

burning with curiosity

on the qui vive

not missing a trick

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Adjective

Having no legal or binding force

no longer current

no longer topical

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Adjective

Difficult or impossible to be obtained, acquired or reached

out of the question

hardly possible

contrary to reason

not to be thought of

not worth considering

like herding cats

beyond the bounds of possibility

Adjective

Excluded or left out

Preposition

Minus, lacking, or not including

“Absent any source of motivation other than learned definitions, we are left to conclude that in differential association theory, man's motivation is entirely defined by a positive learning process.”

Adverb

Absent from where one is expected to be, such as one's home

Verb

To leave a place, often for another

absent yourself

abstract oneself

make oneself scarce

say your goodbyes

sling your hook

beat a hasty retreat

make a run for it

make a break for it

head for the hills

show a clean pair of heels

do a disappearing act

go jump in the lake

make a quick exit

go and jump in the lake

take to your heels

take French leave

be off with you

take it on the lam

do a moonlight flit

absent oneself from

take yourself off

take a long walk on a short pier

take oneself off from

begin one's journey

say one's farewells

make your escape

take your leave of

be lost to view

recede from view

be lost to sight

seclude oneself

do a vanishing act

take on the lam

get out of my sight

leave in a hurry

get on the road

make like a tree and get out of here

make like a tree and leave

depart suddenly

get on your bike

get out of someone's clutches

break away from

make good one's escape

slip through your fingers

go like lightning

run for the hills

go absent without leave

take one's farewells

make one's departure

make quick exit

step on the gas

make a move from

go and chase yourself

go their separate ways

go separate ways

go off in a huff

make a sudden departure

go to one's room

shut oneself away in

make one's farewells

leave your country

start a new life

break loose from

make one's escape from

become independent

move further off

shut oneself away

hand in your notice

relinquish one's position

vanish from sight

pass from sight

drop out of sight

melt into thin air

vanish off the face of the earth

cease to be visible

hoist the blue peter

step aside from

betake oneself to

wend one's way to

draw to a close

become invisible

be exterminated

disappear from sight

vanish into thin air

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