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Dictionary: no-show
('shō') Informal.
n.
One that is expected but does not appear, especially:
  1. A person who reserves a place, as on an airplane, but neither uses nor cancels the reservation.
  2. A person who buys a ticket for an event but does not attend.
  3. A person who unexplainedly fails to keep an appointment.


adj.
Requiring little or no actual attendance or work: a no-show political patronage job.


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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation

Meaning #2: someone who shirks duty
  Synonyms: nonattender, truant


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - en der udebliver
adj. - behøve lidt eller ingen opmærksomhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
iemand die niet opdaagt

Français (French)
n. - personne qui réserve un billet (d'avion, etc) mais qui ne se présente pas au départ (arg), personnes qui ont acheté des billets mais qui n'assistent pas à, l'évènement en signe de protestation (arg), personne qui sans raison apparente ne parvient à respecter un engagement ou un rendez-vous (arg)
adj. - qui a fait une réservation mais ne se présente pas au départ (d'un avion, etc)

Deutsch (German)
n. - seine Buchung nicht wahrnehmender Passagier, eine Zugangsberechtigung nicht wahrnehmende Person
adj. - nicht kommend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μη εμφανισθείς επιβάτης, αχρησιμοποίητο εισιτήριο

Italiano (Italian)
assente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) ausente

Русский (Russian)
человек, не выкупивший заказанный билет

Español (Spanish)
n. - pasajero que no utiliza su reservación sin cancelarla
adj. - pasajero que no utiliza su reservación sin cancelarla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uteblivande från köpt resa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
放弃预定座位的客人, 名义上支薪而实际上不存在的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 放棄預定座位的客人
adj. - 名義上支薪而實際上不存在的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불참객
adj. - 좌석을 예약해 놓고 나타나지 않는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不参客, 現われない人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص يملك تذكرة لرحله ولا يستعملها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כישלון‬
adj. - ‮הזמין מקום ולא השתמש בו‬


 
 
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