Absent and Needed

Absent

Absent adjective - Not at a certain place.

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

Nearby Words: absence, absented, absently, absenting

Needed

Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

Absent and needed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absent" instead an adjective "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Sellers could also substitute for absent performers and their characters as needed.
  • Video Game / Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Ascended Extra: Hound only appeared in the G1 cartoon whenever his highly detailed holograms were needed or if the Autobots needed a reconnaissance mission, otherwise he was absent from the show.
  • Adapted Out The food whom Alice is introduced to are both absent, perhaps because the writers needed more time for the sequence with the Jabberwocky.
    Source: Adapted Out
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