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absentaneous

absentaneous adjective: pertaining to absence.

Adjective

absentaneous (comparative more absentaneous, superlative most absentaneous)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to absence.
    • The unfortunate French captain—who by this time retained not even his nightshirt—was hiding in this forest, breast-deep in a creek, along with three other Protestants whose apparel was no less absentaneous.2003 [1942], James Branch Cabell, The First Gentleman of America: A Comedy of Conquest, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 165
    • The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate expectations of single site employment.1988, The Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 17, page 254

Examples of absentaneous in a sentence

  • Owing to the several springs of Big Data, analytical researchers face other issues such as data which contains absentaneous inscriptions and noisy labels.2020, Korhan Cengiz et al., “Recent Emerging Technologies for Intelligent Learning and Analytics in Big Data”, in Multimedia Technologies...
  • […] Galbraith thinks that making human beings ordinary and absentaneous in the development of the industry is as^([sic]) "the age of doubt".2020, Mustafa Atilla Arıcıoğlu, Büşra Yiğitol, “Strategic Management in SMEs in Industry 4.0”, in Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs in...

Forms of absentaneous

comparativemore absentaneous
superlativemost absentaneous

Origin of absentaneous

From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent.

Questions about absentaneous

What does absentaneous mean?
Absentaneous means pertaining to absence.
How do you use absentaneous in a sentence?
Owing to the several springs of Big Data, analytical researchers face other issues such as data which contains absentaneous inscriptions and noisy labels.
What part of speech is absentaneous?
Absentaneous is an adjective.

Words near absentaneous in the dictionary

  1. absent-minded professor
  2. absent-minded professors
  3. absent-mindedly
  4. absent-mindedness
  5. absent-mindednesses
  6. absentaneous
  7. absentation
  8. absentations
  9. absentative
  10. absentatives
  11. absentativity

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