no-show

[ noh-shoh ]
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noun
  1. a person who makes a reservation and neither uses nor cancels it.

  2. a person who purchases an admission ticket and doesn't use it.

  1. any absentee.

adjective
  1. not appearing as scheduled or expected.

Origin of no-show

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; no2 + show

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British Dictionary definitions for no-show

no-show

noun
  1. a person who fails to take up a reserved seat, place, etc, without having cancelled it

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