Usually means: Inattention to immediate surroundings or tasks.
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  1. absentmindedness: Merriam-Webster
  2. absentmindedness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  4. absentmindedness: Wordnik
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  6. absentmindedness: Dictionary.com
  7. Absentmindedness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. absentmindedness: Rhymezone
  9. absentmindedness: FreeDictionary.org
  10. absentmindedness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. absentmindedness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of absent-mindedness [The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied.]

Similar:
forgetfulness, clumsiness, distractedness, thoughtlessness, inattentiveness, carelessness, inattention, inconsiderateness, laziness, distractability, more...

Opposite:
presence of mind, attentiveness, mindfulness

Types:
leaving stove on, misplacing keys, more...

Adjectives:
own, mere, sheer, such, strange, apparent, extreme, notorious, momentary, complete, certain

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Similar:
forgetfulness, clumsiness, distractedness, thoughtlessness, inattentiveness, carelessness, inattention, inconsiderateness, laziness, distractability, more...

Opposite:
presence of mind, attentiveness, mindfulness

Types:
leaving stove on, misplacing keys, more...

Adjectives:
own, mere, sheer, such, strange, apparent, extreme, notorious, momentary, complete, certain



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