distracted
having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
rendered incapable of behaving, reacting, etc., in a normal manner, as by worry, remorse, or the like; irrational; disturbed.
Origin of distracted
1Other words from distracted
- dis·tract·ed·ly, adverb
- dis·tract·ed·ness, noun
- non·dis·tract·ed, adjective
- non·dis·tract·ed·ly, adverb
- un·dis·tract·ed, adjective
- un·dis·tract·ed·ly, adverb
- un·dis·tract·ed·ness, noun
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How to use distracted in a sentence
Richtel is a New York Times reporter who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for documenting the distracted driving issue.
Video games deserve better than blanket, parachute coverage from reporters who don’t get it | Gene Park | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostThe longer you wait to follow up, the more time they have to shop around or even to become distracted or change their mind.
SMX Overtime: Eternal testing, the key to Facebook Ads success | Amy Bishop | December 21, 2020 | Search Engine LandThe National Fire Protection Association issued a prescient warning last March about the heightened danger of “distracted cooking” while more people are at home.
More burn injuries are occurring in kitchens during pandemic. Thanksgiving may see a rise in these accidents. | Katherine Ellison | November 22, 2020 | Washington Post“I’m an Aquarius, so I get bored and distracted,” said 27-year-old Josh Kelley when asked about their love life.
Date Lab update: These daters discussed their witch personas. Here’s where they are now. | Maureen O'Connor | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostThey seem as self-distractedly addicted to social media as many of their customers are to drugs.
Is Mexico's Kim Kardashian-Lookalike Assassin for Real? | Michael Daly | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But when I asked if we could speak, he frowned and looked away distractedly.
Uttering these words, the good lady pointed distractedly to the cupboard, and underwent a convulsion from internal spasms.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensAs she paced distractedly across the room her eye was caught by the letter on the marble mantelshelf.
The Rake's Progress | Marjorie BowenMr. Tallmadge mopped his brow, and looked about distractedly, like one who has lost his thread in a labyrinth.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsThrough the glare, many birds, unceremoniously routed from their nests beneath the eaves, flew distractedly.
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart IshamHarper wandered distractedly over toward the high wall bench.
The 4-D Doodler | Graph Waldeyer
British Dictionary definitions for distracted
/ (dɪˈstræktɪd) /
bewildered; confused
mad
Derived forms of distracted
- distractedly, adverb
- distractedness, noun
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