Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Deep in thought and heedless of present circumstances or activities; preoccupied.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Characterized by absence of mind (see absence); inattentive to or forgetful of one's immediate surroundings.
Wiktionary
- adj. absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted
- adj. absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Examples
“Josie looked up at Paul, her expression absent-minded.”
“Even the most absent-minded can't miss the tall-masted ships in the harbor.”
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“Pockets is the damnedest things I ever see for makin 'a man absent-minded," he communed that night, as he crawled into his blankets.”
“Judge Marcus O'Brien was absent-minded, and Mucluc Charley nudged him in the ribs.”
“She regarded him almost unrecognizingly, gathered herself mechanically together, uttered an absent-minded commonplace or so, and left the room.”
“Oppression sat heavily upon them; the lightness of their natures had ebbed out of them; they were slack and absent-minded in their service, and they whispered gloomily to one another in the far end of the car next to the kitchen.”
“He looks very much like the absent-minded professor," he said.”
“Now Ned stood in their living room, running his finger, as though absent-minded, across the wooden book shelf.”
“England were purposeful, Australia ragged, as Mr. Prior carved his way to his first Ashes hundred in only 109 balls, receiving good support from Tim Bresnan and Mr. Swann along the way and benefiting from some brainless bowling and absent-minded captaincy.”
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“Columbo star Peter Falk, who won four Emmys for playing the absent-minded detective, has died.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘absent-minded’.
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-minded
absent-minded, small-minded, civic-minded, right-minded, tough-minded, high-minded, narrow-minded, feeble-minded, close-minded, open-minded, broad-minded, contrary-minded and 14 more...
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Compound Adjectives
Use compound adjectives to talk about the qualities of rule models and heroes.
coolheaded, cold-hearted, cold-blooded, absent-minded, empty-headed, hardheaded, hard-hearted, hot-blooded, hotheaded, narrow-minded, kindhearted, fast-talking and 18 more...
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