- a variation of absent-minded.
absentminded
Example Sentences
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Cheese crackers, deeply toasty and meant for absentminded snacking.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
How nervy — or maybe just absentminded — to rep the Chiefs in this Philadelphia suburb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Thanks to his absentminded dash, Fahlberg invented artificial sweetener.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2019
If you're as absentminded as me, there is every danger of leaving it on a train or in a taxi.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2014
“I wouldn’t call you absentminded, Lady Kaltain,” he said, sitting down.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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