absent-minded
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/
absent-minded
- Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
- French: distrait
- German: zerstreut, geistesabwesend
- Italian: svanito
- Portuguese: distraído
- Russian: рассе́янный
- Spanish: distraído, despistado
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