absent-minded

  • 41Absent-mindedness — Absent minded Ab sent mind ed, a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. {Ab sent mind ed*ness}, n. {Ab sent mind ed*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 42absent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not present] Syn. away, missing, elsewhere, gone, gone out, vanished, moved, removed, flown, not at home, not present, out, wanting, lacking, nonexistent, nonattendant, abroad, lost, overseas, out of sight, nowhere to be …

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  • 43absent — absentation /ab seuhn tay sheuhn/, n. absenter, n. absentness, n. adj., prep. /ab seuhnt/; v. /ab sent , ab seuhnt/, adj. 1. not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class. 2. lacking; nonexistent:… …

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  • 44absent — ab•sent adj., prep. [[t]ˈæb sənt[/t]] v. [[t]æbˈsɛnt, ˈæb sənt[/t]] 1) not in a certain place at a given time; away; missing; not present: absent from class[/ex] 2) lacking; nonexistent: Revenge was absent from his mind[/ex] 3) not attentive;… …

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  • 45absent-mindedness — noun The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. I dont mean to make mistakes; its just absent mindedness. Syn: absence of mind See Also: absent minded, absent mindedly …

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  • 46absent — adjective /ˈæbsənt / (say absuhnt) 1. not in a certain place at a given time; away (opposed to present). 2. lacking: revenge is absent from his mind. 3. absent minded. –verb (t) /əbˈsɛnt / (say uhb sent) 4. to take or keep (oneself) away: *15th… …

  • 47absent-mindedly — See absent minded. * * * …

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  • 48absent-mindedly — adverb Preoccupiedly; in an absent minded manner …

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  • 49absent — a. 1. Away, gone, not present. 2. Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent minded, in a brown study …

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  • 50absent — adj 1. not present, out, off, away, abroad, elsewhere; nonattendant, nonresident, not at home; lost, astray, flown, missing, AWOL. 2. lacking, wanting, nonexistent, deficient. 3. inattentive, absent minded, preoccupied, absorbed; unthinking,… …

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