distracted
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]distracted (comparative more distracted, superlative most distracted)
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
distraught
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Verb
[edit]distracted
- simple past and past participle of distract