Absent and Extinct

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Absent adjective - Not present or in evidence.

Usage example: the city's usual stir of activity was conspicuously absent due to the report of an escaped lion from the zoo

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Extinct and absent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extinct" instead an adjective "Absent".

Nearby Words: absence, absented, absently, absenting

Extinct adjective - No longer existing.

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Absent and extinct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absent" instead an adjective "Extinct".

Nearby Word: extinction

Here the discrimination between extinct and non-extinct animal is totally absent (a very rare example in media).

Source: Prehistoric Monster
They also went extinct in the continent around 1 million years before the game is set and were replaced by leopards, which are absent from the game despite previously appearing in Far Cry 3.

Source: Artistic License Paleontology / Video Games
Sand Worm: Notably absent, as they're all extinct.

Source: Literature / God-Emperor of Dune

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