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What is the adjective for absent?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb absent which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

absent
  1. (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. (not comparable) Not existing; lacking. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  3. (sometimes comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
  4. Synonyms:
      5. away, gone, out, unavailable, elsewhere, off, truant, AWOL, astray, skiving, nonattendant, wagging, not present, non-attending, in absentia, on leave, playing hooky, on holiday, not working, off duty, no-show, bunking off, not at work, nobody home, missing, disappeared, absent without leave, not here, vanished, MIA, missing in action, not at home, lost, abroad, on vacation, not there, lost in action, absent from duty, unaccounted-for, outside, not in, A.W.O.L., gone away, away from home, hooky, removed, free, idle, skipping school, absconding … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Noticeably absent from the Havana conference were trade union representatives from the USA and Canada.”
      “Indeed, concrete recommendations for enhanced public participation in forest management are virtually absent from the report.”
      “The same boy who sat there listlessly with an absent look on his face would suddenly jump up with his eyes lit up.”
absentee
  1. (attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  2. Synonyms:
      3. absent, distant, oblivious, remote
  3. Examples:
      4. “Due to his absentee father, Peter struggled with feelings of abandonment throughout his childhood.”
absenter
  1. (rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. more unavailable, more off, loster, more removed, more withdrawn, freer, more idle, more unaccounted-for, more defunct, more lacking, deader, more extinguished, shorter, more wanting, more deficient, more fragmentary, scrappier, more partial, more insufficient, more incomplete, patchier, more inadequate, bittier, more superficial, sketchier, more perfunctory, more skeletal, more fractional, more fragmented, more broken, more restricted, more abridged, more qualified, more unaccomplished, meagerer, more inchoate, more disjointed, meagrer, dreamier, vaguer, blanker, emptier, barer, hollower, more abstracted, more preoccupied, more distracted … more
absentaneous
  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to absence.
absentest
  1. (rare) superlative form of absent: most absent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. most unavailable, most off, lostest, most removed, most withdrawn, freest, most idle, most unaccounted-for, most lacking, most defunct, deadest, most extinguished, shortest, most wanting, most deficient, most fragmentary, scrappiest, most partial, most insufficient, most incomplete, patchiest, most inadequate, bittiest, most superficial, sketchiest, most perfunctory, most skeletal, most fractional, most fragmented, most broken, most restricted, most qualified, most abridged, most unaccomplished, most inchoate, meagerest, most disjointed, meagrest, dreamiest, vaguest, blankest, emptiest, barest, hollowest, most abstracted, most preoccupied, most distracted … more
absented
  1. simple past tense and past participle of absent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. departed, left, went, gone, retreated, evacuated, exited, parted, decamped, retired, escaped, withdrew, withdrawn, bolted, deserted, fled, bailed, begone, scooted, scrammed, scramed, skedaddled, split, vacated, vamoosed, abdicated, booked, book, disappeared, flitted, got, gat, gotten, moved, quit, quitted, scarpered, vanished, abandoned, emigrated, flew, flown, gitted, migrated, removed, repaired, sallied, advanced, proceeded, started … more
absenting
  1. present participle of absent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. departing, leaving, going, retreating, evacuating, exiting, parting, decamping, retiring, escaping, withdrawing, bolting, deserting, fleeing, bailing, scooting, scramming, scraming, skedaddling, splitting, vacating, vamoosing, abdicating, booking, disappearing, flitting, getting, moving, quitting, scarpering, vanishing, abandoning, emigrating, flying, gitting, migrating, removing, repairing, sallying, advancing, proceeding, starting, trooping, walking out, going off, setting off, setting out, taking off, beating it, clearing out … more
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