no-shown.adj.
/ˌnəʊˈʃəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈʃoʊ/ (in sense B.)Brit. /ˈnəʊˌʃəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌʃoʊ/ Originally U.S.
A. n.
1. A failure to keep an appointment by not turning up.Quot. 1819 may illustrate a different sense.
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1819 L. Hunt in Examiner 7 Feb. 89/1 The Emperor Alexander, after a round of Congresses,..visits, shews, no-shews, politics, polemics, promises, and non-performances, has got home safe to Petersburgh.
1967 Time 24 Mar. 16 Powell's no-show was prompted by prudence; there was a warrant out for his arrest.
1976 C. Keane Hunter 36 Jumped bail the other day on a no-show.
1989 F. Forsyth Negotiator xi. 259 The fourth..had stayed at the hideout ready to kill Simon Cormack on a phone call, or a no-show by his colleagues by a certain time.
1993 Independent 2 Feb. 1/2 From..next Monday RTM, a small independent [radio] station in south-east London, will make daily announcements of last minute cancellations and ‘no-shows’ for operations at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
2. A person who fails to appear, esp. one who reserves a seat on an aircraft but fails either to use it or to cancel the reservation.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > non-appearance of passenger
no-show1941
1941 Collier's 27 Sept. 67 He's what the Airlines call a ‘no show’.
1949 Birmingham (Alabama) News 17 Feb. 40/3 Many passengers who were denied seats could have occupied those left empty by ‘noshows’.
1974 Index-Jrnl. (Greenwood, S. Carolina) 19 Apr. 6/5 The regulatory agency said there was an increase in the number of no-shows, fans who purchase tickets but don't attend the game.
1988 Toronto Sun 13 Apr. 44 [She] was a no-show at her first scheduled court appearance on drug charges here yesterday.
B. adj. (attributive).
Designating a person who fails to keep an appointment by not turning up; relating to a failure to appear.
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1941 N.Y. Times 12 Oct. x. 6/4 The lines are up in arms against so-called ‘no-show’ passengers who reserve space, then fail to appear.
1963 Times 8 Feb. 19/6 Booking and cancellation charges and ‘no-show’ charges.
1997 Independent 10 July 8/1 (heading) No-show patients cost NHS £500m a year.
Compounds
no-show job n. a paid job for which no work is required or performed, esp. one created fraudulently.
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1955 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 38/4 The Hudson County grand jury returned six indictments today against three persons involved in its investigation of municipal ‘no-show’ jobs in Jersey City.
1962 Sat. Evening Post 6 Jan. 82 A ‘no show’ job was the crème de la crème of the city's political bounty.
1989 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Apr. 12 In his defence [he]..has concentrated on rebutting charges that his second wife, Betty, had what amounted to a no-show job for which she received a salary of £10,600 a year for four years.
2001 Miami Herald (Nexis) 24 Oct. 1 b In addition to allegations about holding a no-show job, he was criticized for living rent-free in a waterfront home bequeathed to the NAACP .
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
no-showv.
/ˌnəʊˈʃəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌʃoʊ/ Originally U.S.
intransitive. To neglect to appear. Also transitive: to neglect to appear at or for.
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1953 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. ii. 26X A uniform penalty system for coach passengers who ‘no-show’.
1961 Time 6 Jan. 34 He no-showed his press conference.
1986 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 19 Jan. To heck with it. I no-showed.
1999 M. Foley Mankind, have Nice Day! xxxvii. 501 I might have had to no-show my date with destiny.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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