preoccupied
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4.5
- adjective
- /priˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/
:
distraído
- She was so preoccupied with her studies that she didn't notice the time passing.
- preoccupied with the problem
- too preoccupied
- so preoccupied
Faith was too preoccupied with its own objects.
- Faith was too preoccupied with its own objects.
- Again, don't get too preoccupied about having the right text.
- I think it's so easy for us to have our thoughts preoccupied by what we've lost.
- The potential is there to become preoccupied with defending.
- Often because people are so distracted and preoccupied, Workplace issues are actually quite unique.
- When you are going through narcissistic abuse, it's easy to become preoccupied and ruminate.
- Well, I think, I think he said Kara is too preoccupied with her mom to deal with this right now.
- So the Iranians know that the Russians are preoccupied right now, which is I think what the Israeli calculation was.
- I spend so much time preoccupied with trying to figure out how not to fuck up.
- Toys these days are wonderful, but they are a little bit too preoccupied with fun.
- So these people will often expect the more severities be very preoccupied with how they're perceived, OK.
Examples
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Forgive me, but you seem a little preoccupied with work.
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But then, they had been very preoccupied with their plans for the inn and busy rushing around Paris.
Fiction book (1996) -
I would say you can get really preoccupied with how you look to the outside world.
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Both Mother and Daddy, however, are too preoccupied and upset to be concerned with him.
Fiction book (1991) -
I think most of us are too preoccupied to realise it most of the time.
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David hardly notices because he is so preoccupied with the holiday.
Fiction book (1997) -
I think it's so easy for us to have our thoughts preoccupied by what we've lost.
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Ali, I'm so sorry, I'm a little preoccupied right now.
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Mitch was on hand to help him, but the older man seemed strangely preoccupied.
Fiction book (1996) -
And, truthfully, Rachel had been so preoccupied, she'd hardly noticed.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
245
4.8
Very strongly interested in someone or something and thinking about them all the time
107
6.2
Thinking about something too much in a way that harms you
76
6.3
Not noticing what happens around you
19
4.0
Not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else
5
5.3
Does not notice what is happening or small details
2
5.9
A person who often does not pay attention and forgets small things like keys
1
7.2
Not aware of what is happening around you
1
4.5
Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested
1
6.7
Lost in thought and not paying attention to what is around
Thinking deeply about something else and not noticing what is around you
Not able to pay attention because your mind is on other things
Not paying attention to what is happening or being said
Antonyms
How Preoccupied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preoccupied comes from pre- meaning 'before' and occupy meaning 'to take up' or 'to fill'. So, if your mind is preoccupied it is already 'taken up' by something and you may not notice what is happening around you.