Definition of "absent-mindedness" []

• The quality, state, or habit of being absentminded. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "As Mr. Foer's own occasional absent-mindedness should remind us, the human memory is a complicated, confounding subject."
• "Was it through a fit of absent-mindedness or gross incompetence?"
• "You may be wondering why I don't write a few columns in advance, just in case of illness, natural disasters, hangovers or in this case absent-mindedness."