absent-minded
adjective
so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
absentminded
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a variation of
absent-minded.
Example Sentences
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Cheese crackers, deeply toasty and meant for absentminded snacking.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
How nervy — or maybe just absentminded — to rep the Chiefs in this Philadelphia suburb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Black voters outside the South, however, will remind an absentminded nation that black voters in no one state speak for the group as a whole.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2020
Thanks to his absentminded dash, Fahlberg invented artificial sweetener.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
Mr. Willis had a reputation for being absentminded.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
