lost in thought

adj

lost in thought

adj

1

Being preoccupied with one's thoughts rather than paying attention to reality.

These lines the knight perus'd, and, lost in thought, / He long in vain the secret meaning sought.1797, John Hoole, Jerusalem delivered: an^([sic]) heroic poem, Volume 2, page 67:

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