Absentminded
Absentminded adjective - Lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions.
Usage example: the grieving woman was so absentminded that she left her key in the lock after opening the door
Forgetting and absentminded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forgetting" instead an adjective "Absentminded".
Forgetting
Absentminded and forgetting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absentminded" instead an adjective "Forgetting".
Nearby Words: forget, forgettable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- absorbed and absentminded
- absorbed and forgetting
- heedless and absentminded
- heedless and forgetting
- careless and absentminded
- careless and forgetting
- negligent and absentminded
- negligent and forgetting
- absent and absentminded
- absent and forgetting
- insensible and absentminded
- insensible and forgetting
- unconscious and absentminded
- unconscious and forgetting
Both words in one sentence
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Bag of Spilling: Done rather comically; Starfy has to relearn his moves in each game because he's so absentminded that he keeps forgetting how to perform them.
- The canon explanation for this is that Starfy is so spacey and absentminded that he keeps on forgetting how to perform his own special techniques.
Source: Bag Of Spilling / Video Games - The first few seasons featured the absentminded Aunt Clara, who was prone to casting powerful enchantments and then forgetting either what specific spell she'd used or the counter-spell required to undo her magic.
Source: Useless Superpowers
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