1. a person who does not attend something regularly or at all, especially school, church, or meetings

Examples

• The school identified several chronic nonattenders who had missed more than 30 days.
• Church leaders were concerned about the growing number of nonattenders in the congregation.
• The meeting had to be postponed due to too many nonattenders.
• As a nonattender of social events, she preferred staying home on weekends.
• The program was designed to help nonattenders catch up with their studies.
• Nonattenders often struggle to keep up with classroom discussions and assignments.