"absent-minded" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-absent-minded.wav Forms: more absent-minded [comparative], most absent-minded [superlative]
Etymology: From absent + minded. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|absent|minded}} absent + minded Head templates: {{en-adj}} absent-minded (comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded), {{tlb|en|possessional}} (possessional)
  1. Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: absentminded Derived forms: absent-mindedness, absent-mindedly, absent-minded professor Translations (absent in mind): tahe (Acehnese), рассе́яны (rassjéjany) (Belarusian), разсе́ян (razséjan) (Bulgarian), заве́ян (zavéjan) (Bulgarian), distret (Catalan), 鬆散 (Chinese Cantonese), 松散 (english: sung¹ saan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 心不在焉 (xīnbùzàiyān) (Chinese Mandarin), 鬆散 (Chinese Mandarin), 松散 (sōngsǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), roztržitý (Czech), åndsfraværende (Danish), distræt (Danish), verstrooid (Dutch), afwezig (Dutch), elders met zijn gedachten (Dutch), er niet bij (Dutch), hajamielinen (english: forgetful) (Finnish), poissaoleva (english: absent in mind) (Finnish), distrait (French), distraído (Galician), pampo (Galician), apirolado [vulgar] (Galician), zerstreut (German), geistesabwesend (German), מפוזר (mefuzár) [masculine] (Hebrew), szórakozott (Hungarian), dearmadach (Irish), svanito (Italian), ぼんやり (bon'yari) (Japanese), 上の空の (uwa-no sora-no) (alt: うわのそらの) (Japanese), расеан (rasean) (Macedonian), hinengaro makere (Maori), wareware (Maori), pakihaha (Maori), distré (Norwegian Bokmål), åndsfraværende (Norwegian Bokmål), distré (Norwegian Nynorsk), åndsfråverande (Norwegian Nynorsk), roztargniony (Polish), distraído (Portuguese), desatento (Portuguese), avoado (Portuguese), absent (Romanian), distrat (Romanian), рассе́янный (rasséjannyj) (Russian), rasejan (Serbo-Croatian), расејан (Serbo-Croatian), rasijan (Serbo-Croatian), distraído (Spanish), despistado (Spanish), desatento (Spanish), tankspridd (Swedish), tagulimot (Tagalog), unutkan (english: forgetful) (Turkish), dalgın (english: absent in mind) (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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          "preoccupied",
          "preoccupied"
        ],
        [
          "forgetful",
          "forgetful"
        ],
        [
          "careless",
          "careless"
        ],
        [
          "distraction",
          "distraction"
        ],
        [
          "distract",
          "distract"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "absentminded"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ace",
      "lang": "Acehnese",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "tahe"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rassjéjany",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "рассе́яны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razséjan",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "разсе́ян"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavéjan",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "заве́ян"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distret"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "鬆散"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "sung¹ saan²",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "松散"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnbùzàiyān",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "心不在焉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "鬆散"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sōngsǎn",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "松散"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "roztržitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "åndsfraværende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distræt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "verstrooid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "afwezig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "elders met zijn gedachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "er niet bij"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "forgetful",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "hajamielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "absent in mind",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "poissaoleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distrait"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distraído"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "pampo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "apirolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "zerstreut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "geistesabwesend"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mefuzár",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מפוזר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "szórakozott"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "dearmadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "svanito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bon'yari",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "ぼんやり"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うわのそらの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uwa-no sora-no",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "上の空の"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rasean",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "расеан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "hinengaro makere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "wareware"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "pakihaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distré"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "åndsfraværende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distré"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "åndsfråverande"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "roztargniony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distraído"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "desatento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "avoado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "absent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasséjannyj",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "рассе́янный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "rasejan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "расејан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "rasijan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "distraído"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "despistado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "desatento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "tankspridd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "tagulimot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "forgetful",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "unutkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "absent in mind",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "absent in mind",
      "word": "dalgın"
    }
  ],
  "word": "absent-minded"
}

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