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absent-minded

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ab·sent-mind·ed (bsnt-mndd)
adj.
Deep in thought and heedless of present circumstances or activities; preoccupied.
absent-minded·ly adv.
absent-minded·ness n.
absent-minded
Adjective
inattentive or forgetful
absent-mindedly adv
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absent-minded
adjective forgetful, absorbed, abstracted, vague, absent, distracted, unaware, musing, preoccupied, careless, bemused, oblivious, dreamy, faraway, engrossed, unthinking, neglectful, heedless, inattentive, unmindful, unheeding, apt to forget, in a brown study, ditzy or ditsy (slang) << OPPOSITE alert
Translations
Spanish absent-minded [æbsəntˈmaɪndɪd] adj → distraído
French absent-minded [ˈæbsəntˈmaɪndɪd] absent adj → distrait(e)
German absent-minded [ˈæbsəntˈmaɪndɪd] absent adj → zerstreut
Italian absent-minded [ˈæbsəntˈmaɪndɪd] adj → distratto/a
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