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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  1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 8

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