Meaning

2 senses
  1. An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment.

  2. (broadly)A person or group that does not show up.

    Out of fifty people who said they would attend, we only had three no-shows.

More definitions
  • someone who shirks duty
  • a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation

Translations

3 languages

Forms

plural: no-shows

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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