Truant (Adjective)
Meaning
Absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The teacher marked the student as truant after they failed to provide a valid excuse for their absence.
- A group of truant teenagers were caught hanging out at the mall during school hours.
- The truant officer was tasked with tracking down students who had skipped school without permission.
- After being absent for three days without leave, the soldier was considered truant and faced disciplinary action.
- The school principal had to deal with a number of truant students who were consistently absent on Fridays.