Unexcused

The backup West Virginia forward Dan Jennings, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, left the bench in the second half in what Coach Bob Huggins called an "unexcused" absence. ❋ By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (2011)

People could be imprisoned in a Gulag camp for crimes such as unexcused absences from work, petty theft, or anti-government jokes. ❋ Saladin (2010)

Prinz renewed arguments that said the state should have tried Sanchez on the pending charges within three "unexcused" terms of circuit court as required by state code. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because if the child has so many "unexcused" days in a year, they may be listed as a truant, and the parent may get in trouble. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Castel immediately "unexcused" her, and ordered the jury to continue deliberating with 12 members.

And last month, Lebanon School District in Pennsylvania was slapped with a lawsuit for penalizing parents and children 13 and older with a $300 fine per unexcused absence, according to the Associated Press. ❋ Jessica Prois (2011)

"We literally have a kid-by-kid count of which students at which schools have a certain number of unexcused absences." ❋ Nick Anderson (2010)

I couldn't go home; any unexcused absence would have given them a pretext to fire me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The figures include absences counted as excused or unexcused. ❋ Nick Anderson (2010)

They cannot have any suspensions or have missed four consecutive days with unexcused absences. ❋ Keith L. Alexander (2010)

You'll have to get a tardy pass, unexcused, from the office, but that's all. ❋ Cooper Renner (2011)

Seventh- and eighth-grade students with four or more unexcused absences are being asked to carry GPS devices instead of wearing them, to keep the students from feeling like criminals. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We're amazed by some people's ability to sow hours upon hours of drama out of Mr. Revis's unexcused absence from training camp people who aren't even getting paid by HBO's "Hard Knocks." ❋ Unknown (2010)