English edit

Etymology edit

From non- +‎ appearance.

Noun edit

non-appearance (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of nonappearance.
    • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, pages 144–145:
      The strangest conjectures were made as to the cause of Mr. Floyer’s absence, and in the midst of her anxiety and alarm it struck Adeline with dismay to observe how unaccountable Mr. Lawson thought his friend’s non-appearance, and what concern he frequently expressed about it.
    • 1960 June, “Our Easter Excursions”, in Trains Illustrated, page viii:
      Inevitably there was disappointment at the non-appearance of the two vintage locomotives on three of the excursions, but obviously they could not be in two places at once.

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