ghosting
B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Business noun
The practice of abruptly cutting off all communication during a hiring process.
Candidate ghosting by employers had become so common that the firm made a point of always replying.
New words noun
Ending all contact abruptly and without explanation.
After three great dates, the ghosting began.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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