abstracted

American

[ab-strak-tid] / æbˈstræk tɪd /

adjective

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

abstracted British

/ æbˈstræktɪd /

adjective

lost in thought; preoccupied
taken out or separated; extracted

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Related Words

See absent-minded.

Other Word Forms

abstractedly adverb
abstractedness noun
nonabstracted adjective
nonabstractedly adverb
nonabstractedness noun
unabstracted adjective
unabstractedly adverb
unabstractedness noun

Etymology

Origin of abstracted

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

Example Sentences

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One might have expected some gesture toward its origins, rather than its cool and highly abstracted references to Harlem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Think of it as theater as a healing exercise, or simply an abstracted evening with elaborate, vibrant costumes and choreographed drones creating new constellations in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

Perhaps I had joined the ranks of the global internet proletariat, hammering clicks on the abstracted factory floor of the future?

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

He added that the exemption that allows farmers to take up to 20,000 litres a day without a licence meant no-one could be sure how much water was being abstracted by farms across England.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

He stood abstracted for a moment, then became aimlessly mobile.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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