preoccupied
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preoccupied
adjective more preoccupied · most preoccupied
- Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.
- Already occupied. Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […].
- Prepossessed; biased.
- Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another. In 1924 J. D. Tothill revised the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella, a name proposed by Bezzi in 1906 to replace Fabricia Rob. D. which is preoccupied.
verb
- simple past and past participle of preoccupy
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lost, bemused, concerned, obsessed, thoughtful, haunted, taken up, distracted, disrupted, troubled, worried, perturbed, fascinated, concentrated, disturbed, occupied
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adj concerned with something else, distracted
| Español | ensimismado, obsesionado |
|---|---|
| Português | preocupado |
| Français | préoccupé |
| Deutsch | gedankenverloren, in Gedanken woanders, tief beschäftigt |
| Italiano | preoccupato |
| Ελληνικά | προβληματισμένος provlimatisménos |
| Română | preocupat |
Talk about this word "preoccupied." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/preoccupied. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. preoccupied. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/preoccupied "preoccupied." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/preoccupied.Cite this
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