absent-minded
adjective
ab·sent-mind·ed
ˌab-sənt-ˈmīn-dəd
variants
or less commonly absentminded
1
a
: lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions : preoccupied
was too absent-minded to notice what time it was
b
: tending to forget or fail to notice things : given to absence of mind (see absence sense 3)
an absent-minded person prone to forgetting appointments
2
: indicative of or resulting from preoccupation or absence of mind
gave an absent-minded reply
absentmindedly
adverb
or less commonly absent-mindedly
absentmindedness
noun
or less commonly absent-mindedness
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