| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.[Websters] 2. Being abstracted, distrait or moony. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being forgetful, inattentive, careless, heedless or inadvertent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being oblivious or unconscious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being vacant, vacuous, broody or unoccupied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being vague, dreamy or indistinct. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being negligent, unmindful, remiss or neglectful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being thoughtless, dizzy, inconsiderate, indiscreet or unthinking. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb absent-mindedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (absent-mindedly) |
1. In a forgetful or distrait manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. In a vacant or unemployed manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a negligent, unobservant or incurious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a thoughtless, inattentive or unmindful manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective absent-minded.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Absent-minded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Absent-minded professor | The absent-minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction usually portrayed as an academic with important information, but whose focus on their learning leads them to ignore their surroundings. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: ABSENT-MINDED | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Absent-minded Window-gazing | 16 | Absent-minded professor | 5 | |
| The Absent-Minded Beggar | 11 | Absent-minded Window-gazing | 16 | |
| The Absent-Minded Professor | 10 | The Absent-Minded Beggar | 11 | |
| Absent-minded professor | 5 | The Absent-Minded Professor | 10 | |
| The Absent-Minded Waiter | 3 | The Absent-Minded Waiter | 3 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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