distracted

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Adjective

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distracted (comparative more distracted, superlative most distracted)

  1. having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
    • 2021 September 22, Dr Mike Esbester, “Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL, number 940, page 79:
      Plenty of accidents happened with a look-out present but momentarily distracted.
  2. distraught
    • 1737, J. Bricknell, The Natural History of North Carolina, page 342:
      Runs about the house like a distracted person crying and making a most hideous noise.

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distracted

  1. simple past and past participle of distract

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