亚洲网紅露点

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absent-minded

or 补产路蝉别苍迟路尘颈苍诲路别诲

[ ab-suhnt-mahyn-did ]

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.

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absent-minded

adjective

  1. preoccupied; forgetful; inattentive
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢补产蝉别苍迟-藞尘颈苍诲别诲濒测, adverb
  • 藢补产蝉别苍迟-藞尘颈苍诲别诲苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补产顎僺别苍迟-尘颈苍诲顎侥诲路濒测 adverb
  • 补产顎僺别苍迟-尘颈苍诲顎侥诲路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of absent-minded1

First recorded in 1850鈥55
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Synonym Study

Absent-minded, abstracted, oblivious all mean inattentive to immediate surroundings. Absent-minded suggests an unintentional wandering of the mind from the present: an absent-minded committee member. Abstracted implies that the mind has been drawn away from the immediate present by reflection upon some engrossing subject: an abstracted air. Oblivious implies absorption in some thought that causes one to be completely forgetful of or unaware of one's surroundings: oblivious of danger.
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Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.

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Together, they wrote dozens of songs for Disney TV productions and movies such as 鈥淭he Parent Trap,鈥 鈥淭he Absent-Minded Professor,鈥 鈥淪ummer Magic,鈥 鈥淭hat Darn Cat!,鈥

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I swear, I鈥檓 so absent-minded 鈥

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The full transcript of President Joe Biden鈥檚 five-hour interview with special counsel Robert Hur鈥檚 investigators 鈥減aints a more nuanced portrait鈥 of Biden鈥檚 memory than the special counsel鈥檚 report, according to The Washington Post, which noted that 鈥淏iden doesn鈥檛 come across as being as absent-minded as Hur has made him out to be.鈥

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The irony, here, is that for all Biden鈥檚 absent-minded slippage and age-related pronunciation difficulties, he is manifestly still in charge at the White House.

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