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preoccupied

adjective

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adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about preoccupied at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.
  2. Already occupied.
  3. Prepossessed; biased.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of preoccupy

Related Words: lostbemusedconcernedobsessedthoughtfulhaunteddistracteddisruptedtroubledworried

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