Absent-minded Adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definition of absent-minded adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

absent-minded adjective  /ˌæbsənt ˈmaɪndɪd/  /ˌæbsənt ˈmaɪndɪd/ jump to other results

1. tending to forget things, perhaps because you are not thinking about what is around you, but about something else synonym forgetful
   • I'm very absent-minded and often forget to take my keys with me.
   • She's nothing like the popular stereotype of the absent-minded professor.
   Oxford Collocations DictionaryAbsent-minded is used with these nouns:
   • professor
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Nearby words

• absentia
• absently adverb
• absent-minded adjective
• absent-mindedly adverb
• absent-mindedness noun

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