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Noun: no-show  'now'show
  1. A guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when cancelling a reservation
    "The restaurant lost money due to several no-shows on Saturday night"
     
  2. Someone who shirks duty
    "The chronic no-show rarely showed up for team meetings";
    - nonattender, truant

Derived forms: no-shows

Type of: guest, offender, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: No-show