absent-mindedness
- a word derived from absent-minded.
Example Sentences
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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
She stood up Lyubomirov again and again, blaming her busy schedule, her absent-mindedness.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018
Some of the work of the detectives was to handle simple absent-mindedness.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2017
They were not blindsided, having noticed bouts of absent-mindedness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
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
