English-Dutch translations for absentee

• afwezige
  Maar de grote afwezige is de Raad en ondertussen gaan er, helaas, nog steeds mensen dood in Darfur. However, the most notable absentee is the Council, and in the meantime, I am afraid to say, people continue to die in Darfur.
  In het zuiden van Ierland daarentegen was er sprake van afwezige landheren en van pachters die het hoofd niet boven water konden houden en verstoken waren van eigendomsrechten op have en goed. In the south of Ireland we had absentee landlords, and tenants who could not afford to pay their way and who had no ownership of their property.

Definition of absentee

• A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
• One that is nonexistent or lacking
• Pertaining to one that is absent.

Related words

• absenteeism
• absenteeist
• absentee voting
• absentee ballot
• persistent absentee