off-minded

adjective

Absent-minded; distracted; being of less than sound mind; mentally despondent; touched.

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Meanings

adjectiveoff-minded (comparative more off-minded, superlative most off-minded)

comparative more off-minded · superlative most off-minded · alternative offminded

  1. Absent-minded; distracted; being of less than sound mind; mentally despondent; touched.

    So, on a certain occasion, old Doacon Jones "drapped" in his "quarter" without uttering the conventional pleading grunt, which remiss was noted by the preacher — the Deacon being a little off-minded, as his wife, had recently died, [...]

    1892, Southern practitioner
  2. Mentally unstable or insane; crazy.

    Anyway, my little tootsie-bug, you are very right about how offminded that crazy man is.

    2011, Michael A. Heck, Angel Above Water

Origin

From off- + minded.

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APA

off-minded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-minded

MLA

“off-minded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-minded. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-minded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-minded.

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