Meanings
comparative more absentaneous · superlative most absentaneous
- rarePertaining to absence.
The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate expectations of single site employment.
1988, The Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 17, page 2543 more examples
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 165Owing 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 in the Internet of Things Environment, Springer Nature Singapore, →ISBN, page 78[…] 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 Industry 4.0, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 206
Origin
- Late Latinabsentaneus
- Englishabsentaneous
From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ukrainian відноситися/стосуватися до absence
- відноситися/стосуватися до absence (vidnosytysja/stosuvatysja do absence)Pertaining to absence
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