(adj) lost in thought; showing preoccupation, Syn. abstracted, absentminded, scatty, Example:an absent stare; an absentminded professor; the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence
(adj) lacking sense or discretion; ; - Glenway Westcott, Syn. rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty, Example:his rattlebrained crackpot ideas; how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for
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