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

• abˈstractedly, adverb
• abˈstractedness, noun

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

A 48-year-old Los Angeles-based artist, Rawles is known for her paintings of Black people floating, often singly or in pairs, in rippling watery landscapes, at once hyper-realistic and dreamily abstracted.

From New York Times

Balanchine was so good at drawing out simple elements that could be abstracted into other things.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Stauffacher Solomon was the graphic designer, working on promotional materials and the Sea Ranch logo, which she shaped like abstracted ram’s horns — a broad, curly Y — each horn encircling a spiral nautilus shell, a nod to both the land’s former life as a sheep ranch and to the sea.

From New York Times

"While have not yet fully abstracted the role that entanglement plays in quantum algorithms, we do know that generating volume-law entanglement is a key ingredient to realizing a quantum advantage," says Oliver.

From Science Daily

The political conflict is simultaneously simple but abstracted from the blood that soaks the streets of this small village.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• engrossed
• preoccupied