conspicuous by one's absence

conspicuous by one's absence

English

Phrase

conspicuous by one's absence

1. Raising suspicions by the fact of not being present at an expected place.

Translations

Translations

Dutch: schitteren door afwezigheid (verb) Finnish: loistaa poissaolollaan (verb) French: briller par son absence (fr) (verb) German: durch Abwesenheit glänzen (de) (verb) Italian: brillare per la propria assenza (verb)

Norwegian: Bokmål: glimre ved sitt fravær Spanish: brillar por su ausencia (es) (verb) Swedish: lysa med sin frånvaro (sv)

Further reading

• “conspicuous by one's absence”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “conspicuous by its absence” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “be conspicuous by your absence” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “be conspicuous by your absence” (US) / “be conspicuous by your absence” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “conspicuous by one's absence” in the Collins English Dictionary