absent-mindedadjective
uk/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd/us/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd/Someone who is absent-minded often forgets things or does not pay attention to what is happening near them because they are thinking about other things.
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Not paying attention
- absent
- absently
- abstracted
- anyhow
- be having a moment idiom
- be like talking to a brick wall idiom
- blind
- faraway
- glaze
- go back to sleep! idiom
- hasty
- heedless
- not take a blind bit of notice idiom
- perfunctory
- remiss
- sideline
- slapdash
- slaphappy
- sloppy
- wander
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
absent-mindedly
adverb uk/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/us/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/
She absent-mindedly left her umbrella on the bus.
absent-mindedness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/us/ˌæb.səntˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/