EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR WOOLGATHERING
Really, God thought with annoyance, this woolgathering—at such a moment!
Woolgathering, Ben had missed some remark about Artemis' rigging.
Such strange alleys do my thoughts run along when I am woolgathering in the field.
In a woolgathering way, the animal acknowledged Reuben's feet, but had no time for them.
Mrs. Ferrall's wits returned nimbly from woolgathering, and she shot a startled, inquiring glance at the girl beside her.
I trust that your good man here is not jealous, for beauty, you well do ken, ever sends the wits of a Douglas woolgathering.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR WOOLGATHERING
preoccupied
adjectivebusy; mentally caught up in something- absent
- absent-minded
- absorbed
- abstracted
- airheaded
- asleep
- bemused
- bugged
- daydreaming
- deep
- distracted
- distrait
- engaged
- engrossed
- faraway
- fascinated
- forgetful
- have on the brain
- heedless
- hung up
- immersed
- inconscient
- intent
- lost
- lost in thought
- mooning
- moony
- oblivious
- obsessed
- rapt
- removed
- spellbound
- spread out
- taken up
- unaware
- woolgathering
- wrapped-up
remiss
adjectivecareless, thoughtless- any old way
- any which way
- asleep at switch
- asleep on job
- behindhand
- culpable
- daydreaming
- defaultant
- delinquent
- derelict
- dilatory
- disregardful
- fainéant
- forgetful
- heedless
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- lackadaisical
- lax
- lazy
- neglectful
- negligent
- regardless
- slack
- slapdash
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slothful
- slow
- tardy
- uninterested
- unmindful
- woolgathering
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