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Removed Preoccupied Absent Minded Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ABSTRACTED which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ABSTRACTED

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245%8Absent in the mind or absent-minded
334%8Absent-minded little girl's characteristic

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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  • • Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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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