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Meanings of absent-minded in English

Inattentive to what is passing.

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Examples for "absent"
Examples for "absent"
1
Employees are absent from work without pay for four weeks or longer.
The South African
2
As a result, he was absent from practice again earlier this week.
Reuters
3
However, field evidence for such effect of conspecific leaf litter remains absent.
Pubmed
4
Stock markets made strong gains last year and volatility was notably absent.
The Irish Times
5
But two things exist across the Atlantic that are absent in Europe.
The Guardian
Usage of absent-minded in English
1
Reverting to the desk, the manager appeared dazed and absent-minded as usual.
Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
2
Harriwell called himself an absent-minded idiot and rushed for the gin bottle.
South Sea Tales
3
Not that in the earlier stage he had seemed at all absent-minded.
Odd John
4
They lunched together, the elder eager and confidential, the other respectful and-absent-minded.
Graustark
5
He was wondering why he had ever considered the Head Master absent-minded.
Chatterbox, 1906
6
It was an excellent gun for a clumsy and often absent-minded boy.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
7
Then I have to smile when I realize how absent-minded I was.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
8
I never saw a man look so haggard and worn and absent-minded.
Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories
9
He bade them an absent-minded farewell and went out into the corridor.
Silence of the grave
10
He talked to us only a few minutes and he seemed absent-minded.
The Miller Of Old Church
11
When the chief sat down, a very quiet, absent-minded old gentleman arose.
In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories
12
Kennicott had seemed nervous and absent-minded through that supper-hour, two evenings after.
Main Street
13
He is very absent-minded nowadays, and does not attend to his work.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
14
She said nothing, wondering what had happened to render him so absent-minded.
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
15
Hayoue smiled good-naturedly, but looked rather indifferent or absent-minded as he replied,-
The Delight Makers
16
What had become of the imperious absent-minded young woman of ordinary days?
Delia Blanchflower
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