- absent-minded professor
- an absent-minded professora bumbling professor who overlooks everyday things. •
Fred is such an absentminded professor. He'd forget his head if it wasn't screwed on.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
absent-minded professor
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Absent-minded professor — The absent minded professor is a stock character of popular fiction usually portrayed as an academic with important information, but whose focus on their learning leads him to ignore or forget his surroundings.The stereotype is very old; a story… … Wikipedia
absent-minded professor — noun a) A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. An absent minded professor, in going out of the gateway of his college, ran against a cow. In the confusion of the… … Wiktionary
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The Absent-Minded Professor — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Der fliegende Pauker Originaltitel: The Absent Minded Professor Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1960 Länge: 95 Minuten Originalsprache … Deutsch Wikipedia
absent-minded — or absentminded [ab′sənt mīn′did, ab′səntmīn΄did] adj. 1. so dreamy or lost in thought as not to pay attention to what one is doing or what is going on around one 2. habitually forgetful absent mindedly adv. absent mindedness n. SYN. ABSENT… … English World dictionary
absent-minded — adj. habitually forgetful or inattentive; with one s mind on other things. Derivatives: absent mindedly adv. absent mindedness n. * * * absent mindedly, adv. absent mindedness, n. /ab seuhnt muyn did/, adj. so lost in thought that one does not… … Useful english dictionary
absent-minded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abstracted, preoccupied, lost in thought, forgetful, distracted, dreamy, inattentive, lost, unmindful, absent, unheeding, heedless, oblivious, distrait, daydreaming, napping, unconscious, unaware, inadvertent, withdrawn … English dictionary for students
absent-minded — adj. Absent minded is used with these nouns: ↑professor … Collocations dictionary
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