non-appearance

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ appearance.

Noun

non-appearance (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of nonappearance.
   • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 144–145:

     The strangest conjectures were made as to the cause of Mr. Floyer’s absence, and in the midst of her anxiety and alarm it struck Adeline with dismay to observe how unaccountable Mr. Lawson thought his friend’s non-appearance, and what concern he frequently expressed about it.

   • 1960 June, “Our Easter Excursions”, in Trains Illustrated, page viii:

     Inevitably there was disappointment at the non-appearance of the two vintage locomotives on three of the excursions, but obviously they could not be in two places at once.

   • 2024 April 17, Peter Plisner, “A fond farewell to Cross-City stalwarts”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 39:

     Their non-appearance caused some serious issues and generated many passenger complaints in the early 1990s.

References

• “non-appearance”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.