absent-mindedness
suomi-englanti sanakirjaabsent-mindedness englanniksi
The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. (defdate)(R:SOED5)
''I don't mean to make mistakes; it's just absent-mindedness.''
''For six years they had taken care of him and loved him—watched over his outgoings and his incomings and forgiven all his absent-mindednesses.''