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like an absent-minded professor

ADJECTIVE
forgetful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
careless distracted inattentive sloppy
STRONG
unmindful
WEAK
absent absent-minded abstracted airheaded amnemonic amnesic asleep on the job bemused dreamy heedless lax looking out window mooning moony neglectful negligent nirvanic not on the job oblivious out of it out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remiss slack unwitting woolgathering
Antonyms
STRONGEST
attentive
WEAK
mindful recalling remembering retentive

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Sighed its master, a gentle man who is known to friends and family as "Hughdee." and who acts more like an absent-minded professor than the wealthy investment broker that he is: "It's all very unpleasant."

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