He didn't do that out of meanness, but rather out of absent-mindedness.
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Absent-mindedness
//ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs//
Synonyms for "absent-mindedness" (2 found)
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Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разсеяност noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Danish
1 entries- åndsfraværelse noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Dutch
1 entries- verstrooidheid noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Finnish
1 entries- hajamielisyys noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
French
1 entries- distraction noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Galician
1 entries- despiste noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
German
2 entries- Stumpfsinn noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
- Zerstreutheit noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Greek
1 entries- αφηρημάδα noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Hungarian
1 entries- szórakozottság noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Indonesian
1 entries- kelinglungan noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Italian
1 entries- distrazione noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Norwegian
1 entries- åndsfraværelse noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طالغینلق noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Polish
2 entries- rozkojarzenie noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
- roztargnienie noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Portuguese
1 entries- distração noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Romanian
1 entries- distracție noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Russian
1 entries- рассе́янность noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Slovak
1 entries- roztržitosť noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Slovene
1 entries- raztresenost noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Spanish
3 entries- abstracción noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
- descuido noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
- despiste noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkatagulimot noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Telugu
1 entries- మతిమరుపు noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Turkish
1 entries- dalgınlık noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Ukrainian
2 entries- неуважність noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
- розсі́яність noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Uzbek
1 entries- parishonxotirlik noun (state or quality of being preoccupied)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I don't mean to make mistakes; it's just absent-mindedness.
Source: wiktionary
For six years they had taken care of him and loved him—watched over his outgoings and his incomings and forgiven all his absent-mindednesses.
Source: wiktionary
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