no-show
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no-show
- /ˈnoʊ ˌʃoʊ/ US
noun no-shows · no show
- An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment. You may want to consider instituting a charge for no-shows. […] Also, you must inform patients, in advance, that there is a charge for no-shows, and what that charge is.
- A person or group that does not show up. Out of fifty people who said they would attend, we only had three no-shows.
- Ellipsis of no-show sock Now some young people are declaring a preference for crew socks, which generally rise to midway up the shin, and thumbing their noses at the ankle and no-show varieties that are staples of the previous generation’s sock drawers.
verb no-shows · no-showing · no-showed · no show
- To fail to show up for something.
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noun a failure to make a scheduled appearance
| Español | incomparecencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 노쇼 nosyo |
| 日本語 | ノーショー nōshō |
| Português | não-comparecimento, descomparecimento, ausência, não-comparência |
Talk about this word "no-show." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/no-show. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. no-show. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/no-show "no-show." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/no-show.
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@misc{no_show_2026,
title = {no-show},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/no-show},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
