truant

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Describing one who is truant, absent without permission, especially from school

He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendances to meet the requirement.

One who is absent without permission, especially from school
{v} to idle, be lazy, loiter, keep from duty
{a} idle, lazy, slothful, loitering, careless
{n} one who keeps from school, an idler
A truant is a pupil who stays away from school without permission
{i} one who stays out of school without permission, one who is absent; one who evades his responsibilities
If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission. She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school
someone who shirks duty
To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant
Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy
one who is absent from school without permission absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk
absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
If a pupil truants, he or she stays away from school without permission. In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. + truanting tru·ant·ing Truanting is a small but growing problem in primary schools. = truancy
To idle away; to waste
one who is absent from school without permission
truant officer
An official responsible for investigating people who may be truant and compelling their attendance

The truant officer called at the home to see why the student hadn't arrived.

truant officer
An official who investigates unauthorized absences from school
truant officer
officer that is absent from his studies without permission
play truant
To be absent from school without permission
A truant
trivant
play truant
{f} be absent from school without permission
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