Noun: no-show 'now'show
- 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"
- 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