Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being absent, inattentive, or absent-minded; absent-mindedness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being absent-minded.
Etymologies
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Examples
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… [E] ven more amazing, she said, is his ability to know the difference between objects that are the same and those that are different, those that are bigger or smaller than others, and a concept called 'absentness'
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Kesterton 2010
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… [E] ven more amazing, she said, is his ability to know the difference between objects that are the same and those that are different, those that are bigger or smaller than others, and a concept called 'absentness'
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Kesterton 2010
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On the edge of the bed, he found himself with one shoe unlaced, and, smiling at his absentness, relaced it.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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She nodded comprehension, looked for a moment with troubled eyes down the long room to the card-players, caught herself in her momentary absentness, and said quickly:
CHAPTER XVII 2010
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It was not the first of recent mornings that Dick had so sauntered to the window, to glance out with apparent absentness at the rush of the morning riding party in the last dash home to the hitching rails.
CHAPTER XIX 2010
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Governor Palin and her daughter are poster girls for the NO to teaching sex education is the schools -or- rather, the poster girls for teaching absentness.
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The reason being absentness is trouble and turmoil at work place.
Archive 2007-11-01 Taitauwai 2007
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The reason being absentness is trouble and turmoil at work place.
Chemistry & Cooking Taitauwai 2007
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It was an absent response, and he fitted the hose connection onto the valve with equal absentness.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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It was an absent response, and he fitted the hose connection onto the valve with equal absentness.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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