absent-minded
11absent-minded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abstracted, preoccupied, lost in thought, forgetful, distracted, dreamy, inattentive, lost, unmindful, absent, unheeding, heedless, oblivious, distrait, daydreaming, napping, unconscious, unaware, inadvertent, withdrawn …
12absent-minded — forgetful My grandfather is very absent minded and often forgets his key. рассеянный Нe is the tyрical absent minded рrofessor, always leaving his umbrella and other рossessions on the bus or streetcar …
13absent-minded — adjective likely to forget things, especially because you are thinking about something else: She s getting very absent minded. absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun (U) …
14absent-minded — UK / US adjective likely to forget things or to think about something different from what you should be thinking about I m getting more absent minded as I get older. Derived words: absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun uncountable …
15absent-minded — adjective absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted It took the absent minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head …
16absent-minded — adj. Absent minded is used with these nouns: ↑professor …
17Absent-minded professor — The absent minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction usually portrayed as an academic with important information, but whose focus on their learning leads him to ignore or forget his surroundings.The stereotype is very old; a story… …
18absent-minded professor — noun a) A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. An absent minded professor, in going out of the gateway of his college, ran against a cow. In the confusion of the… …
19absent-minded — adjective forgetful or inattentive. Derivatives absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun …
20absent-minded — /æbsənt ˈmaɪndəd / (say absuhnt muynduhd) adjective forgetful of one s immediate surroundings; preoccupied. –absent mindedly, adverb –absent mindedness, noun …
