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non-attendance en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + attendance.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of nonattendance.
    • No substitute bus services could be organised, and it is almost as though the train operator has been taken by surprise by the non-attendance of staff who appear to have made themselves unavailable - whether or not the diagram concerned was covered by overtime. It is a feature of present-day operations that non-attendance of staff is much greater than was the case prior to the COVID disruption, without taking account of industrial unrest. 2023 December 13, 'Industry Insider', “Delivering a robust timetable”, in RAIL, number 998, page 68:

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