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2 | 24% | 8 | In a preoccupied way | |
3 | 24% | 12 | Preoccupied Ü forgetful | |
Preoccupied When Taken Out Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "ABSTRACTED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Lost in thought; showing preoccupation verb
- • To separate; to disengage.
- • To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- • To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- • To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- • To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- • To extract by means of distillation.
- • To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- • To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- • To draw off (interest or attention).
- • To perform the process of abstraction.
- • To create abstractions.
- • To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. generally used with "out". adjective
- • Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
- • Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
- • Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
- • Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She seemed abstracted during the meeting, lost in her own thoughts."
- • "His abstracted expression suggested that he wasn't fully present in the conversation."
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