Why do people call me absent-minded?
absent stresses inability to fix the mind on present concerns due more to mental wandering than to concentration on other matters. absent-minded implies that the mind is fixed elsewhere and often refers to a habit of abstractedness.
absent stresses inability to fix the mind on present concerns due more to mental wandering than to concentration on other matters. absent-minded implies that the mind is fixed elsewhere and often refers to a habit of abstractedness.