Absent-minded - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 absent-minded From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishabsent-mindedˌabsent-ˈminded adjective    FORGETlikely to forget things, especially because you are thinking about something else SYN forgetful  Grandad’s been getting rather absent-minded lately. —absent-mindedly adverb —absent-mindedness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusabsent-minded• He's a brilliant scientist but hopelessly absent-minded.• Anderson is, to begin with, absent-minded.• Does it reflect your belief that you are hopelessly absent-minded?• A charming if somewhat absent-minded companion.• The thought played over and over in her mind as she waved an absent-minded farewell and drove off into the night alone.• Thankfully their absent-minded forwards kept the score to a respectable 3-1.• Stephen gave an absent-minded nod and hurried off to solve the next problem.• Eddie turned out to be a pretty absent-minded pal of the road.• Ron's being his normal absent-minded self.• I take an absent-minded sip from the mug beside me. Quizzes Quizzes

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