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Absentminded

adjective
1.
Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.  Synonyms: absent, abstracted, scatty.  "An absentminded professor" , "The scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"



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"Absentminded" Quotes from Famous Books



... up, he missed something. Polly was unconsciously showing him what it was, and making child-love so sweet, that he felt he could not do without it any more, yet did n't quite know how to win the confidence of the children, who had always found him busy, indifferent, and absentminded. ...
— An Old-fashioned Girl • Louisa May Alcott


Words linked to "Absentminded" :   inattentive, absent, scatty


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