English edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent.

Adjective edit

absentaneous (comparative more absentaneous, superlative most absentaneous)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to absence.
    • 2003 [1942], James Branch Cabell, The First Gentleman of America: A Comedy of Conquest, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 165:
      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.
    • 1988, The Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 17, page 254:
      The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate expectations of single site employment.
    • 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:
      Owing to the several springs of Big Data, analytical researchers face other issues such as data which contains absentaneous inscriptions and noisy labels.
    • 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:
      [] Galbraith thinks that making human beings ordinary and absentaneous in the development of the industry is as[sic] "the age of doubt".