distracted
adj/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/
1
having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary)
- Plenty of accidents happened with a look-out present but momentarily distracted.2021 September 22, Dr Mike Esbester, “Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL, number 940, page 79:
2
distraught
- Runs about the house like a distracted person crying and making a most hideous noise.1737, J. Bricknell, The Natural History of North Carolina, page 342:
- There'll be a procession— bands— dead march— bells tolling— all the girls in tears— Yum-Yum distracted— then, when it's all over, general rejoicings, and a display of fireworks in the evening.1885, W. S. Gilbert, “Act I”, in The Mikado:
- Derived terms
- distractedly, distractedness, nondistracted, undistracted