absent-mindedness

absent-mindedness noun there are endless stories about his idiosyncrasies and absent-mindedness: forgetfulness, amnesia, poor memory, tendency to forget, lapse of memory; distractedness, preoccupation, inattentiveness, inattention, vagueness, abstraction, absence, absorption, engrossment, heedlessness, obliviousness; pensiveness, thoughtfulness, musing, brooding; humorous blonde moment. ANTONYMS alertness.