absent-minded

See also: absentminded

English

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 19^th century.][1]
It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.

absent in mind

Belarusian: рассе́яны m (rassjéjany)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разсеян (bg) (razsejan), ^{(please verify)} потънал в мисли (potǎnal v misli)
Catalan: distret
Chinese:
Mandarin: 心不在焉 (zh) (xīnbùzàiyān)
Danish: åndsfraværende, distræt
Dutch: verstrooid (nl), afwezig (nl), elders met zijn gedachten, er niet bij
Finnish: hajamielinen (forgetful), poissaoleva (fi) (absent in mind)
French: distrait (fr)
German: zerstreut (de), geistesabwesend (de)
Hebrew: מפוזר‎ m (mefuzár)
Hungarian: szórakozott (hu)

“absent-minded” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

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