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absentmindedness

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absentmindedness

absentmindedness - preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored

preoccupancy, preoccupation, engrossment, absorption - the mental state of being preoccupied by something

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Was it possible that I could convince him that I was merely the victim of my own absentmindedness, and not an unprincipled creature trying to obtain a ride upon false pretenses?

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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