A person who is expected or required to be present at a place or event but is not.
a non-attender at church
a school non-attender
her son's a persistent non-attender
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If someone does not turn up for community work, after a number of non-appearances the community work supervisor may sanction the non-attender by referring that case back to the judge for breaching his or her community work.
At Milford Haven School a system of electronic registration identifies non-attenders.
Non-attenders were those who did not maintain weekly or more frequent participation at 12-Step meetings during either six month period.
"These kids who were non-attenders are now coming to school," says O'Brien.
He rejected charging non-attenders, however.
Today I have been out executing court warrants for court non-attenders, people who didn't turn up to face theft and drugs charges.
These include the 'Way to Work' programme for school non-attenders, 'Excellence Challenge' programmes for prospective university students, 'Flexibilities' providing vocational training and 'Step Up' programmes for struggling schoolchildren.
Three hundred and ninety three (29%) attended, and non-attenders were sent questionnaires at home.
The following day the common council of London petitioned the House of Commons against the appointment, depicting Lunsford as an indebted, quarrelsome desperado and a non-attender at church (a charge they later withdrew).