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absent-mindedness

/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/

absent-mindedness noun: the characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied.

Noun

absent-mindedness (countable and uncountable, plural absent-mindednesses)

  1. The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied.
    • I don't mean to make mistakes; it's just absent-mindedness.
    • For six years they had taken care of him and loved him—watched over his outgoings and his incomings and forgiven all his absent-mindednesses.
    Synonyms:
    absence of mind

absent-mindedness meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Tagalog

absent-mindedness in Tamil

புடைகவற்றி, ஓட்டை நெஞ்சு

absent-mindedness in Telugu

state or quality of being preoccupied
మతిమరుపు matimarupu

absent-mindedness in Malayalam

അസാന്നിദ്ധ്യം

absent-mindedness in Tagalog

state or quality of being preoccupied
pagkatagulimot
More languagesFewer languages
absent-mindedness in Indonesian
kelinglungan

Synonyms of absent-mindedness

Antonyms

Forms of absent-mindedness

pluralabsent-mindednesses

Origin of absent-mindedness

From absent-minded + -ness.

Questions about absent-mindedness

What does absent-mindedness mean?
Absent-mindedness means the characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied.
What is absent-mindedness in Tamil?
Absent-mindedness in Tamil is புடைகவற்றி, ஓட்டை நெஞ்சு. See Absent-mindedness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is absent-mindedness?
Absent-mindedness is a noun.
How do you pronounce absent-mindedness?
Absent-mindedness is pronounced /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/ (US).
What is the plural of absent-mindedness?
The plural of absent-mindedness is absent-mindednesses.

Words near absent-mindedness in the dictionary

  1. absent without leave
  2. absent-minded
  3. absent-minded professor
  4. absent-minded professors
  5. absent-mindedly
  6. absent-mindedness
  7. absent-mindednesses
  8. absentaneous
  9. absentation
  10. absentations
  11. absentative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absent-mindedness (page history and authors); absent-mindedness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); absent-mindedness (Malayalam 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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