Dictionary definition: absent-mindedness

Article: And, in conclusion, my point is, uh ...; If you're trying to find ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... said another. Accounts of absent-mindedness inspire an odd "top this ... dissecting the near-misses, the absent-minded moments that could ... selection writ small. Should absent-mindedness become habitual, you could ...

Article: Memory's Mind Games: Absent-mindedness is just the ...
Newsweek;  July 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... we often know the first letter of a name or word we're trying to remember, but not the rest of it. But unlike absent-mindedness and other "sins of omission," as psychologist Daniel Schacter of Harvard University calls them in his new book ...

Article: Novel perhaps written in a fit of ...
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  October 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... seemed like sensationalism. This is Barker's 11th book and by now she can just about write a novel in a fit of absent-mindedness. Unfortunately that is what she seems to have done in this case. Though the settings, both in London and Ypres ...

Article: 'Thefts' in bars lost property CAMPAIGN: Absent-minded ...
Birmingham Mail;  August 3, 2006 ;     420 words ... ... down to "stolen" belongings being left behind by their drunken owners, police have revealed. The sheer scale of absent mindedness was discovered after the launch of a new lost property initiative in the Hurst Street entertainment area. Through ...

Article: 'Thefts' in bars lost property; CAMPAIGN: Absent-minded ...
Birmingham Mail (England);  August 3, 2006 ;     488 words ... ... down to "stolen" belongings being left behind by their drunken owners, police have revealed. The sheer scale of absent mindedness was discovered after the launch of a new lost property initiative in the Hurst Street entertainment area. Through ...

Article: Him Indoors: Let's raise a glass to absent-minded friends
The Independent on Sunday;  April 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... In a filing cabinet. It's easily done, in fact. It's not abusive negligence, it's not vicious, it's absent- mindedness. Our minds are on higher things, or lower things, or other things, at least. Our wives leave rubbish bags on ...

Article: Such petty mindedness
New Straits Times;  October 30, 2003 ;     498 words ... ... Straits Times 10-30-2003 Such petty mindedness Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section ... forced deference, always. Such small-mindedness on the part of the senators is indeed ... be fair and just remains conspicuously absent among the senators. One would have thought ...