absentminded

Speech parts

1. absentminded - Adjective

2. absentminded - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

lost in thought; showing preoccupation

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Examples

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style. Gordon Getty

I can make things, but I don't cook them, exactly. Like salmon, I can stick that in a pan. Or the other day I made noodles, but they were hard. It never occurred to me to check them; I just stopped cooking them when I felt they were ready. Really, I'm too absentminded. Paula Poundstone

Don't talk to me of your Archimedes' lever. He was an absentminded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world. Joseph Conrad

an absent stare Source: Internet

an absentminded professor Source: Internet

the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence Source: Internet

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