absent-minded
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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
THE FACTS: The European airport confirmed it does not have a desk for absent-minded holiday makers who set out for Sydney but wind up thousands of miles away in Salzburg.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 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
Instead, she set down her bag, and, glancing around casually, took a few minutes to focus her mind on the character she’d invented: a friendly, absent-minded tuberculosis patient on her way home from the desert.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
