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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

Unable to be found

Lacking care or enthusiasm

Deeply engrossed or fascinated by, or with, something

No longer in existence

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

inclined to forget

a million miles away

undemonstrative

in a world of your own

deep in thought

immersed in thought

lacking concentration

not concentrating

with your head in the clouds

off in a world of one's own

driven to distraction

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

uncomprehending

self-controlled

cool, calm and collected

uncommunicative

anesthetized^US

anaesthetised^UK

devoid of emotion

disorganized^US

feather-brained

disorganised^UK

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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

Unable to be found

Adjective

Unexplained

Adjective

Lacking care or enthusiasm

could care less

couldn't care less

don't give a damn

lacking vitality

undistinguished

run-of-the-mill

good-for-nothing

procrastinating

couldn't-care-less

lacking in vitality

taking your time

not enthusiastic

lacking personality

lacking charisma

undemonstrative

apathetic towards

uninvolved with

unconcerned about

going through motions

nonchalant about

phlegmatic about

unresponsive to

unenthusiastic about

incurious about

two-dimensional

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Adjective

Deeply engrossed or fascinated by, or with, something

in a brown study

Adjective

No longer in existence

ancient history

a thing of the past

no longer extant

no longer existing

no longer known

dead as a doornail

as dead as a doornail

dead and buried

over and done with

pushing up daisies

no longer in existence

having breathed one's last

bought the farm

no longer living

out for the count

dead to the world

consigned to oblivion

down memory lane

out of circulation

out of business

down for the count

sunk in oblivion

kicked the bucket

gave up the ghost

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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

make a quick exit

go jump in the lake

go and jump in the lake

take to your heels

take French leave

take it on the lam

be off with you

do a moonlight flit

absent oneself from

take yourself off

take a long walk on a short pier

take oneself off from

get on the road

begin one's journey

say one's farewells

take your leave of

seclude oneself

do a vanishing act

move further off

take on the lam

get out of my sight

leave in a hurry

go like lightning

depart suddenly

make like a tree and get out of here

make like a tree and leave

get on your bike

get out of someone's clutches

break away from

make good one's escape

slip through your fingers

run for the hills

take one's farewells

make one's departure

go absent without leave

make your escape

make a move from

go separate ways

go and chase yourself

make one's farewells

go off in a huff

make a sudden departure

go to one's room

shut oneself away in

leave your country

start a new life

break loose from

make one's escape from

become independent

step on the gas

make quick exit

shut oneself away

hand in your notice

relinquish one's position

hoist the blue peter

step aside from

betake oneself to

wend one's way to

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