Absenteeism Definition

ăbsən-tēĭzəm
noun
Habitual failure to appear, especially for work or other regular duty.
American Heritage
Absence from work, school, etc., esp. when deliberate or habitual.
Webster's New World
The rate of occurrence of habitual absence from work or duty.
American Heritage

The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

Wiktionary

The practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

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Noun

Singular:
absenteeism
Plural:
absenteeisms

Origin of Absenteeism

Absenteeism Sentence Examples

  • Fees are payable at all times including absenteeism due to illness.

  • Reduced absenteeism, increased staff retention, improved productivity.

  • Studies show that 15 percent of the workforce account for the majority of absenteeism, which can cost an employer in lost wages that add up quickly.

  • The crime of "plurality," the holding by one cleric of two or more benefices, was especially attacked, as also clerical absenteeism and ignorance, and laxity in the monastic life.

  • He may have anticipated with something of remorse the reflection of a modern historian, that the absenteeism of her landlords has been less of a curse to Ireland 'than the absenteeism of her men of genius.

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