truant

/'tru:ənt/
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truant

A truant student sits alone on a park bench during school hours.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A student who stays away from school without permission or a valid reason: A person, typically a child or young person, who is absent from school without official authorization.
    • A person who shirks or neglects a duty or responsibility: Someone who avoids work or an obligation they are supposed to fulfill.

  2. Adjective:

    • Characterized by absence without leave, especially from school: Describing a person who is absent without permission or an act of such absence.
    • Idle or neglectful of duty: Describing someone who avoids work or responsibility.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The teacher called the parents of the chronic truant. (The teacher contacted the parents of the student who was repeatedly absent without permission.)
    • He was labeled a truant for skipping his shift at work. (He was called someone who shirks duty for missing his scheduled work time.)

  • Adjective:

    • Truant students often fall behind in their studies. (Students who are absent without permission frequently fail to keep up academically.)
    • The manager dismissed the truant worker. (The manager fired the employee who was neglectful of his duties.)
Advanced Usage
  • "To play truant": This is the most common phrasal verb. It means to stay away from school without permission.
    • The children decided to play truant and go to the park instead. (The children chose to skip school without permission and visit the park.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Truancy (n): The action or condition of being absent without permission, especially from school.
    • The school has strict policies to reduce truancy. (The school has firm rules to decrease unauthorized absences.)
Synonyms
  • Noun: Absentee, shirker, slacker, malingerer.
  • Adjective: Absent, AWOL, neglectful, idle.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Play truant: To skip school or avoid duty without authorization.
    • He was caught playing truant from school. (He was discovered skipping school without permission.)
truant

A truant student sits alone on a park bench during school hours.

Adjective
  1. absent without permission
    • truant schoolboys
    • the soldier was AWOL for almost a week
Noun
  1. someone who shirks duty
  2. one who is absent from school without permission

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