absent-minded

See also: absentminded

English

Alternative forms

• absentminded

Etymology

absent +‎ minded

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/

Adjective

absent-minded ‎(comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded)

1. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

   It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.

Derived terms

• absent-mindedness
• absent-mindedly
• absent-minded professor

Translations

absent in mind

• Belarusian: рассе́яны m ‎(rassjéjany)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разсеян (bg) ‎(razsejan), ^{(please verify)} потънал в мисли ‎(potǎnal v misli)
• Catalan: distret
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心不在焉 (zh) ‎(xīnbùzàiyān)

• Dutch: verstrooid (nl), afwezig (nl), elders met zijn gedachten, er niet bij
• Finnish: hajamielinen (forgetful), poissaoleva (absent in mind)
• French: distrait (fr)
• German: zerstreut (de)
• Hebrew: מפוזר m ‎(mefuzár)

• Hungarian: szórakozott (hu)
• Italian: svanito (it)
• Japanese: ぼんやり (ja) ‎(bon'yari), 上の空の ‎(うわのそらの, uwa-no sora-no)
• Maori: hinengaro makere, wareware, pakihaha
• Norwegian: distré (no)
• Portuguese: distraído (pt)
• Russian: рассе́янный (ru) ‎(rasséjannyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: rasejan
• Spanish: distraído (es)
• Swedish: tankspridd (sv)
• Tagalog: tagulimot