Definitions for absent-minded

absent-minded ab·sent-mind·ed

Spelling: [ab-suh nt-mahyn-did]
IPA: /ˈæb səntˈmaɪn dɪd/

Absent-Minded is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 1129 anagrams from letters in absent-minded (-abddeeimnnst).

Definitions for absent-minded

adjective

  1. so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.

Origin of absent-minded

First recorded in 1850-55

Examples for absent-minded

It shows how absent-minded I am, for I ought to have thought of the wine long ago.

"I will think about it," replied my mother in an absent-minded way.

His face was downcast and he put the dishes on the table in an absent-minded way.

The boy genius Geithner turned into an absent-minded professor when he filled in his tax returns.

I thought of all the absent-minded things he might do, but I never thought of this, no, I never!

Aunty May said, "Yes, but you'll never have a chance to get absent-minded with this boy again."

“Of course,” repeated the great man, with a sort of absent-minded loftiness.

A rush of water spills from above, but not from the bottle of an absent-minded commuter or tipsy traveler.

"Oh, no; everything is going on all right," she replied, in an absent-minded way.

Winnie maintained that he was much less “absent-minded” now.

Word Value for absent-minded
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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