Definition of "absent-minded"

absent-minded

/ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/

adjective
comparative more absent-minded, superlative most absent-minded
1. Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.
  Quotations
  His figure was bent in apologetic protest. "I ask a thousand pardons, sir," he said; "I am really so very absent-minded."
  1900, Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age, page 110