absent
/ˈæbsənt/ adjectiveDefinition
› HR not at work or at the place where you are expected to be: absent from sth Anna's been absent from work for four days with flu.
› not existing in a particular place: absent from sth Any mention of prices is conspicuously absent from the ad, which makes me think they are high.
(Definition of absent adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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