non-appearance

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ appearance

Noun

non-appearance (uncountable)

Alternative form of nonappearance.
- 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.

References

“non-appearance” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

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