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.
absent-mindedness
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a word derived from
absent-minded.
Example Sentences
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It’s possible, however, that something more serious than absent-mindedness is going on.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
Carlos Rivera tells fondly of his cousin’s absent-mindedness, epitomized by the time Edgar realized that one of his savings certificates was missing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2019
They were not blindsided, having noticed bouts of absent-mindedness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
We have shown that the comic character always errs through obstinacy of mind or of disposition, through absent-mindedness, in short, through automatism.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2015
They are symptoms of absent-mindedness in a writer who has forgotten that he should be staging an event for the reader.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
