absent
- (a) not being in a specified place
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(s) nonexistent
- the thumb is absent
- her appetite was lacking
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(s) lost in thought; showing preoccupation
- an absent stare
- an absentminded professor
- the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence
Verbs
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(v) go away or leave
- He absented himself