The phrase "absence matter" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be a truncated or incorrect form of a more complete expression.
Example: "The absence of evidence does not matter in this case."
Alternatives: "absence is irrelevant" or "lack of presence".
Holmes's absence mattered.
For James, Chandler's absence mattered little.
D'Angelo's absence mattered because of his much-lauded nu-soul album, Voodoo – a record that doubtless helped conceive a great many 15-year-olds now among us.
Robben's absence mattered little as it was his replacement, Joe Cole, who gave them the lead midway through the first half.
In an attempt to distinguish between these hypotheses, we not only nave investigated the effects of father absence on several different reproductive outcomes in our data but have also attempted to determine whether fathers are uniquely important, whether the timing of their absence matters, and whether the cause of absence matters.
But when parents get the totals in notices labeled "Absences Matter and You Can Help," Rogers and Feller found that their attitudes seemed to shift.
Or rather, if they did not exist, their absence would matter.
But on the wider world stage the country will remain notable mainly for its absence, no matter who runs it.
Still, the Knicks don't have a stunt double to replace Ward during his absence, no matter how brief it is.
The energy density in a magnetic field is given in the absence of matter by 1/2B2/μ0; it is measured in units of joules per cubic metre.
Leonard's tattoos and photographs are a poor and unreliable substitute for the thick confusion of memory, and "Memento," for all its undeniable formal dazzle, is a triumph of mind in the absence of matter.
