"out to lunch" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-out to lunch.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} out to lunch
  1. Away eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job.
    Sense id: en-out_to_lunch-en-adj-orMN5yyE
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Clueless, inattentive, or careless. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-out_to_lunch-en-adj-dZHCdFJj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74

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