| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent-minded, abstracted, bemused, distrait, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied. Idioms: a million miles away. See ABILITY, AWARENESS. 2. Deficient in a usual or needed amount: lacking, wanting. See EXCESS. 3. Not present: away, gone, missing, wanting. See ABSENCE.
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