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absent

adjective as in not present

adjective as in deficient in something needed or usual

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The Game Awards has been criticised in the past for prioritising advertising over awards, with winning speeches being cut short and on-stage presentations being absent in some categories.

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"I even cannot appeal because my clients are absent; that's why I am sad," he added.

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He’s hardly the only appealing thing absent from “Chess.”

The England winger had been absent for two months with an ankle injury before playing 40 minutes off the bench in a 2-1 win over Everton.

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In Ms. Harris’s memoir any guiding political philosophy is absent, which is odd in someone who wished to occupy the nation’s highest political office.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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