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wool-gathering noun

• indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy imagining; absent-mindedness.
• "a vacant daze that leads to formless wool-gathering"
Similar: daydreaming, dreaming, building castles in the air, building castles in Spain, reverie, musing, abstraction, preoccupation, brown study, distraction, inattention, absent-mindedness, forgetfulness,
Opposite: concentration, attentiveness,

wool-gather verb

• indulge in aimless thoughts or daydreams.
• "now wasn't the time to wool-gather about her love life"


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