inattentive
adjective
not giving much attention to someone or something
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Not paying attention
preoccupied
adjective
thinking about something so much or spending so much time doing something that you do not notice other things or cannot think about other things
absent
adjective
showing that you are not paying attention to what is happening because you are thinking about something else
detachment
noun
a feeling of not being involved with someone or something in a close or emotional way
in a world of your own
not realizing what is happening around you because you are thinking about something else
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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