: one who shirks duty
especially
: one who stays out of school without permission
1
: shirking responsibility
2
: being, resembling, or characteristic of a truant
truanted; truanting; truants
: to idle away time especially while playing truant
Examples of truant in a Sentence
Noun
an increasing number of truants
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Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
So, if Trump tries to cancel the debate or just doesn’t show up, the Biden team could prepare one of his sparring partners to be onstage, unofficially representing the truant.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
Nadia Scharf, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
The analysis estimated that switching to enrollment would cost about $3.4 billion a year, since truant students would still qualify their schools for aid.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
Byron Pitts, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
In Los Angeles, school superintendent Alberto Carvalho has gone door to door; in Alabama, signs stressing the importance of attendance are displayed on front lawns; in Philadelphia, local programs have been established that send out text messages to potentially truant youths' parents.
—Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
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Noun
The trend of workplace truants has been an ongoing problem for the French economy.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
So, if Trump tries to cancel the debate or just doesn’t show up, the Biden team could prepare one of his sparring partners to be onstage, unofficially representing the truant.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
Adjective
Students aren’t just truant to be truant, Captain said.
—Nadia Scharf, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
The analysis estimated that switching to enrollment would cost about $3.4 billion a year, since truant students would still qualify their schools for aid.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024
Verb
The program helps truant students get back on track.
—Byron Pitts, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
In Los Angeles, school superintendent Alberto Carvalho has gone door to door; in Alabama, signs stressing the importance of attendance are displayed on front lawns; in Philadelphia, local programs have been established that send out text messages to potentially truant youths' parents.
—Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
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“Truant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truant. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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