absent-minded
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Smith conformed to the type of the absent-minded professor, but he was worldly enough to unmask the East India Co., a hybrid sovereign ruler and monopolistic business enterprise, as a misgoverned money pit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
Card and absent-minded shopper are now happily reunited.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
Musgrove and catcher Austin Nola were among five absent-minded Padres who mistakenly headed toward the dugout with two outs.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2023
But he was absent-minded, unable to remember the one thing which he ought to have told his pupil, and he listened to their difficulties with an impatient ear.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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