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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absent father" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a father who is not present in a child's life, whether physically or emotionally.
Example: "The impact of an absent father can be profound on a child's development and emotional well-being."
Alternatives: "missing father" or "nonexistent father".
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He was pretty much an absent father.
So does the deep emotion of an absent father returning.
He grew up poor, with an absent father.
Both houses were quiet — absent father, mother out on errands.
There is even a subplot about an absent father.
I might be bipolar because my absent father is.
For instance, he never concerned himself with his absent father.
She idolizes her absent father, and describes herself as the male of her family.
Largely deprived of information about his absent father, the narrator can only invent fantasies.
Mr. Carroll's father, who worked at the Pentagon, was "a typical absent father," he said.
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The brothers will be reunited, Mr. Shalhoub said, when their long-absent father surfaces.
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