conspicuous by one's absence en · ADJ
Meanings
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Drawing attention by the fact of not being present at an expected place.
Occasionally at a bush dance, when the elderly folk were conspicuous by their absence, the M.C. would throw a jazz-garter on the floor, point at some lucky fellow, and shout, 'You have ten seconds to find its mate. A packet of cigarettes if you do'. The girls would squeal and giggle and start running; […]
1965, R. H. Conquest, Horses in the Kitchen: True Tales of Outback Australia, page 37:
Translations (9)
fr briller par son absence (Translations) · de durch Abwesenheit glänzen (Translations) · it brillare per la propria assenza (Translations) · pl podejrzanie nieobecny (Translations) · fi loistaa poissaolollaan (Translations) · nb glimre ved sitt fravær (Translations) · sv lysa med sin frånvaro (Translations) · es brillar por su ausencia (Translations) · nl schitteren door afwezigheid (Translations)