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absent-minded
adj
- 1. Not noticing what one is doing or what is going on around one, especially because one is thinking about something else; preoccupied.
- Thesaurus: forgetful, distracted, preoccupied, engrossed, inattentive, unthinking, dreamy, oblivious, faraway, unaware, scatterbrained, wool-gathering; Antonym: attentive, focused.
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