tending to forget things, perhaps because you are not thinking about what is around you, but about sth else:
Grandpa's becoming quite absent-minded.
absent-mindedly adverb:
She absent-mindedly twisted a strand of hair around her fingers.
absent-mindedness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, absent-minded is tagged as adjective.
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