Be+absent-minded
31absent minded — scatterbrained, having a distracted mind …
32absent-minded — adjective Syn: forgetful, distracted, scatterbrained, preoccupied, inattentive; informal with a mind/memory like a sieve …
33absent-minded — ab′sent mind′ed or ab′sent•mind′ed adj. preoccupied with one s thoughts so as to be unaware or forgetful of other matters • Etymology: 1850–55 ab′sent mind′ed•ly, adv. ab′sent mind′ed•ness, n …
34absent-minded — Poina wale, aia i kahi ē ka no ono o, ho omaopopo ole …
35Absent-mindedness — can refer to three very different things: # a low level of attention ( blanking or “zoning out”); # intense attention to a single object of focus (hyperfocus) that makes us oblivious to events around us; or # unwarranted distraction of attention… …
36Absent referent — (sometimes Missing Referent, or Missing Antecedent) is a concept from linguistics, and is the condition of a sign which has an empty, absent, non existent, paradoxical, hypothetical, supernatural, or undefined referent. There are many examples of …
37Absent — Ab sent, a. [F., fr. absens, absentis, p. pr. of abesse to be away from; ab + esse to be. Cf. {Sooth}.] 1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. Expecting absent friends. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not existing; lacking; as,… …
38absent-mindedly — absent minded ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inattentive or forgetful. DERIVATIVES absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun …
39absent-mindedness — absent minded ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inattentive or forgetful. DERIVATIVES absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun …
40Absent-mindedly — 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] …
