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You can use it to describe a father who is physically present in a child's life, but emotionally or psychologically absent. For example: "The absentee father had little impact on his daughter's development."
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An absentee father after just four days.
He was an absentee father to his first three children.
"My family would have to endure an absentee father," he said.
In the songs, he lamented his absentee father and joked with sharp wit atop noncommercial beats.
The Koch brothers may be on shaky ground in stressing the influence of Mr. Obama's absentee father.
His absentee father, Gilbert, was a Jamaican footballer and the first black man to play for Celtic FC.
He barely knew his absentee father, who died in a mining accident when he was 11.
THE BALLAD OF RAMBLIN' JACK -- Ramblin' Jack Elliott, folk music legend and absentee father.
Understandably, a loving brother resists the harsh reality of an absentee father and a faithless husband.
Dad wasn't an absentee father, but he was away a lot.
He moved to London, becoming a recluse and an absentee father.
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