Definitions for absentee

absentee ab·sen·tee

Spelling: [ab-suh n-tee]
IPA: /ˌæb sənˈti/

Absentee is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in absentee (abeeenst).

Definitions for absentee

noun

  1. a person who is absent, especially from work or school.
  2. a person who absents himself or herself, as a landowner who does not live on certain property owned or a voter who is permitted to cast a ballot by mail.

Origin of absentee

First recorded in 1530-40; absent + -ee

Examples for absentee

He was invited to become an absentee at his earliest convenience.

An absentee father is loitering about with his son and namesake, Mason Jr., at a deserted concert hall.

absentee ownership is at the bottom of the trouble in either case.

Ware went to court claiming a number of irregularities, including issues with hundreds of absentee ballots.

The ground game in Iowa has traditionally revolved around an absentee ballot program.

A year went over their heads, and yet another, but no news of the absentee.

The problem of absentee landlordism was exciting Ireland in these years.

Some statistics–disproportionate rates of school suspension, incarceration, and absentee dads–are gloomy.

Perry said most of the absentee ballots questioned in the mayoral race had six or seven different issues.

Twenty had changed to fifteen and fifteen to ten, but there was no news of the absentee.

Word Value for absentee
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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