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absent-mindedness
noun as in preoccupation
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The small pipas exercize a real parasitism, ordered by an absent-mindedness of nature.
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Although inclined to poke fun sometimes at Barbara for her absent-mindedness and love of books, the girls were her firm friends.
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He began the story of his friend's absent-mindedness, but his companion did not seem to pay much attention to it.
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They related to a certain absent-mindedness which he was supposed to possess.
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The trousers had probably been secured during a fit of absent-mindedness on his part when their former owner had not been looking.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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