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absent-minded

[ab-suhnt-mahyn-did] / ˈæb səntˈmaɪn dɪd /


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Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2024

Card and absent-minded shopper are now happily reunited.

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 2023

Musgrove and catcher Austin Nola were among five absent-minded Padres who mistakenly headed toward the dugout with two outs.

From Washington Times May 14, 2023

But it provides considerable fun as Leonor wanders through the film's scenes like an absent-minded grandmother wielding a hammer in case of danger.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2022

First of all, he was a famously absent-minded scientist, living in an abstract world of ideas and numbers.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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