- a variation of absent-minded.
absentminded
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How nervy — or maybe just absentminded — to rep the Chiefs in this Philadelphia suburb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Just like Sam to be a little absentminded.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2021
Black voters outside the South, however, will remind an absentminded nation that black voters in no one state speak for the group as a whole.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2020
Thanks to his absentminded dash, Fahlberg invented artificial sweetener.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
I, the absentminded bereaved, was free to stare peacefully out the window.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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