absence of mind

English

Noun

absence of mind (uncountable)

  1. A state or the quality of being absent-minded (abstracted, preoccupied). [First attested in the early 18th century.][1]

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References
  1. “absence of mind” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

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