Meaning & use

no-show

noun·Everyday

A person who fails to appear for an event, appointment, or reservation without canceling in advance.

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The restaurant overbooked tables to make up for the usual number of no-shows.

He was marked absent after being a no-show at his own graduation ceremony.

A note on using this word

No-show is used as a noun for the person or the absence itself, and can also function as an adjective, as in 'a no-show fee'.

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