Jim is what is called an absent-minded student.
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Absent-minded
//ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd//
Synonyms for "absent-minded" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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3 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 33 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- tahe adj (absent in mind)
Belarusian
1 entries- рассе́яны adj (absent in mind)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заве́ян adj (absent in mind)
- разсе́ян adj (absent in mind)
Catalan
1 entries- distret adj (absent in mind)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 鬆散 /松散 adj (absent in mind)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 心不在焉 adj (absent in mind)
- 鬆散 /松散 adj (absent in mind)
Czech
1 entries- roztržitý adj (absent in mind)
Danish
2 entries- distræt adj (absent in mind)
- åndsfraværende adj (absent in mind)
Dutch
4 entries- afwezig adj (absent in mind)
- elders met zijn gedachten adj (absent in mind)
- er niet bij adj (absent in mind)
- verstrooid adj (absent in mind)
Finnish
2 entries- hajamielinen adj (absent in mind)
- poissaoleva adj (absent in mind)
French
1 entries- distrait adj (absent in mind)
Galician
3 entries- apirolado adj (absent in mind)
- distraído adj (absent in mind)
- pampo adj (absent in mind)
German
3 entries- geistesabwesend adj (absent in mind)
- schusselig adj (absent in mind)
- zerstreut adj (absent in mind)
Hebrew
1 entries- מפוזר adj (absent in mind)
Hungarian
1 entries- szórakozott adj (absent in mind)
Irish
1 entries- dearmadach adj (absent in mind)
Italian
1 entries- svanito adj (absent in mind)
Japanese
2 entries- ぼんやり adj (absent in mind)
- 上の空の adj (absent in mind)
Macedonian
1 entries- расеан adj (absent in mind)
Māori
3 entries- hinengaro makere adj (absent in mind)
- pakihaha adj (absent in mind)
- wareware adj (absent in mind)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- distré adj (absent in mind)
- åndsfraværende adj (absent in mind)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- distré adj (absent in mind)
- åndsfråverande adj (absent in mind)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طالغین adj (absent in mind)
Polish
2 entries- rozkojarzony adj (absent in mind)
- roztargniony adj (absent in mind)
Portuguese
3 entries- avoado adj (absent in mind)
- desatento adj (absent in mind)
- distraído adj (absent in mind)
Romanian
2 entries- absent adj (absent in mind)
- distrat adj (absent in mind)
Russian
1 entries- рассе́янный adj (absent in mind)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- rasejan adj (absent in mind)
- rasijan adj (absent in mind)
- расејан adj (absent in mind)
Spanish
3 entries- desatento adj (absent in mind)
- despistado adj (absent in mind)
- distraído adj (absent in mind)
Swedish
2 entries- disträ adj (absent in mind)
- tankspridd adj (absent in mind)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagulimot adj (absent in mind)
Turkish
2 entries- dalgın adj (absent in mind)
- unutkan adj (absent in mind)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- abenden ngargit adj (absent in mind)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I was absent-minded momentarily.
Source: tatoeba (255037)
While he was talking, I guess I was absent-minded.
Source: tatoeba (260595)
You're really absent-minded.
Source: tatoeba (322156)
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