abstracted

[ ab-strak-tid ]

adjective

1. lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied.
2. removed; remote; separate.
3. considered as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances.

abstracted

/ æbˈstræktɪd /

adjective

1. lost in thought; preoccupied
2. taken out or separated; extracted

Derived Forms

• abˈstractedness, noun
• abˈstractedly, adverb

Other Words From

• ab·stract·ed·ly adverb
• ab·stract·ed·ness noun
• non·ab·stract·ed adjective
• non·ab·stract·ed·ly adverb
• non·ab·stract·ed·ness noun
• un·ab·stract·ed adjective
• un·ab·stract·ed·ly adverb
• un·ab·stract·ed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abstracted¹

First recorded in 1605–15; abstract + -ed ²

Synonym Study

See absent-minded.

Example Sentences

So I enrolled right away for programming classes, and found them boringly abstracted.

From The Daily Beast

“Throughout shooting, Sandra was completely abstracted from all the technology,” says Cuarón.

From The Daily Beast

In a society that has exoticized and abstracted the military, MacLeish re-humanizes it.

From The Daily Beast

I saw Roscoe looking at him in an abstracted way, and, as he did not reply, I said: "Phil had many friends and no enemies."

From Project Gutenberg

Strange to say, the pail from which the can had been abstracted stood unmoved in its accustomed place.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Caro became abstracted, wondering why George Tanqueray was coming, and to this particular show.

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She was if anything more restless; unnaturally (he said) abstracted when you spoke to her; hardly aware of you at times.

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"I must have that flute," repeated the grocer, in the same abstracted tone and manner.

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Related Words

• engrossed
• preoccupied