absent-minded
/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/
absent-minded adjective: absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.
Adjective
absent-minded (comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded)
- Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.
- It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
- Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 2
absent-minded meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
absent-minded in Hindi
- भुलक्कड़, अन्यमनस्क, अनमना, दुचित्ता, अनमनेपन से
absent-minded in Tamil
- கவனக்குறைவான, வேறு நாட்டமுடைய
absent-minded in Bengali
- absent-minded
- আনমনা anmona
absent-minded in Malayalam
- ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലാത്ത, മനസ്സ് മറ്റെങ്ങോ ആയ
More languagesFewer languages
- absent-minded in Kannada
- ಮರೆಗುಳಿ
- absent-minded in Tagalog
- tagulimot
Forms of absent-minded
| comparative | more absent-minded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most absent-minded |
| alternative form | absentminded |
Origin of absent-minded
From absent mind + -ed, meaning “having an absent mind”.
Words formed from absent-minded
Phrases with absent-minded
Questions about absent-minded
- What does absent-minded mean?
- Absent-minded means absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.
- What is absent-minded in Hindi?
- Absent-minded in Hindi is भुलक्कड़, अन्यमनस्क, अनमना. See Absent-minded meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is absent-minded?
- Absent-minded is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce absent-minded?
- Absent-minded is pronounced /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/ (US).
Words near absent-minded in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: absent-minded (page history and authors); absent-minded (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absent-minded (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আনমনা (Bengali) (page history and authors); absent-minded (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absent-minded (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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