absentee vs lost

absentee

adj
  • Pertaining to one that is absent. 

noun
  • A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. 

  • One that is nonexistent or lacking. 

  • A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. 

  • A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter. 

lost

adj
  • In an unknown location; unable to be found. 

  • Parted with; no longer held or possessed. 

  • Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible. 

  • Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered. 

  • Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope. 

  • Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible. 

  • Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way. 

  • Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things. 

How often have the words absentee and lost occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )