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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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How do you describe someone who isn't attending a certain event?
In your particular context, I think you might call them "uninvited."
It's not too applicable in the general context, where it generally suggests "someone present despite being uninvited.
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Is there a single word for when something becomes neglected or forgotten (e.g. a plant dies ...
In the specific context of software projects, those which lose their maintainer are usually called either abandoned or orphaned.
Quoting the wiktionary:
abandoned
No longer maintained by …
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A phrase or a word for not practising what you are preaching
A phrase I've heard in this context is:
He talked the talk, but he didn't walk the walk