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What does absent-minded mean?

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Adjective
  1. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
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He is the perfect example of an archetypal scientist: white messy hair, absent-minded, and highly intelligent.
Finally the ash falls on his white cotton slacks and he sweeps it with his hand in an absent-minded manner.
It was one of the old-fashioned services which helped absent-minded customers avoid the risk of driving without insurance.
Yet handling a lovable, though absent-minded, husband and the children could not have been easy.
The conversation at dinner tonight might have shed some light on why I am so absent-minded.
By the end of the day, I had almost completely forgotten the topic, which proved how absent-minded I was.

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