spaced-out

[ speyst-out ]

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adjectiveInformal.

dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs: The spaced-out main characters are the primary feature of a stoner comedy.
dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality or seemingly so; spacey: He was rushed to the hospital with signs of a concussion, including spaced-out and confused behavior.

Origin of spaced-out

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; on the pattern of phrasal verbs with out marking completed action, such as tired out;space apparently by association with “outer space” as, metaphorically, a place outside normal consciousness

Also spaced [speyst] /speɪst/ .

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How to use spaced-out in a sentence

Spaced out, we learned, in order to minimize the risk in a potential air attack on Hanford.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble | Eric Nusbaum | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for spaced out

spaced out

adjective

slang intoxicated through or as if through taking a drug: Often shortened to: spaced

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