absent-minded
See also: absentminded
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/
Adjective
absent-minded (comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded)
- Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
Derived terms
Translations
absent in mind
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References
- “absent-minded” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
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