Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deep in thought and heedless of present circumstances or activities; preoccupied.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by absence of mind (see
absence ); inattentive to or forgetful of one's immediate surroundings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Josie looked up at Paul, her expression absent-minded.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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Josie looked up at Paul, her expression absent-minded.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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"He looks very much like the absent-minded professor," he said.
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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.
All Gold Canon 2010
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Now Ned stood in their living room, running his finger, as though absent-minded, across the wooden book shelf.
Pre-Dinner Conversation Beate Sigriddaughter 2010
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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.
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Even the most absent-minded can't miss the tall-masted ships in the harbor.
Paul LaRosa: South Street Seaport Museum Sinking Fast... Paul LaRosa 2011
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Judge Marcus O'Brien was absent-minded, and Mucluc Charley nudged him in the ribs.
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Even the most absent-minded can't miss the tall-masted ships in the harbor.
Paul LaRosa: South Street Seaport Museum Sinking Fast... Paul LaRosa 2011
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She regarded him almost unrecognizingly, gathered herself mechanically together, uttered an absent-minded commonplace or so, and left the room.
CHAPTER XVII 2010
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