abstracted

adjective

ab·stract·ed ab-ˈstrak-təd

ˈab-ˌstrak-

Synonyms of abstracted next

: withdrawn in mind : inattentive to one's surroundings

said hello but seemed abstracted

: abstract sense 4

abstracted geometric shapes

abstractedly adverb

abstractedness noun

Choose the Right Synonym for abstracted

abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absent-minded, distracted mean inattentive to what claims or demands consideration.

abstracted implies absorption of the mind in something other than one's surroundings, and often suggests reflection on weighty matters.

walking about with an abstracted air

preoccupied often implies having one's attention so taken up by thoughts as to neglect others.

too preoccupied with her debts to enjoy the meal

absent stresses inability to fix the mind on present concerns due more to mental wandering than to concentration on other matters.

an absent stare

absent-minded implies that the mind is fixed elsewhere and often refers to a habit of abstractedness.

so absent-minded, he's been known to wear mismatched shoes

distracted may suggest an inability to concentrate caused by worry, sorrow, or anxiety.

was too distracted by grief to continue working

Examples of abstracted in a Sentence

She said hello but she seemed a bit abstracted. the man on the train seemed somewhat abstracted, and he did indeed forget to get off at his stop

Recent Examples on the Web Spiky trumpet lines hint at mariachi, but for the most part Frank favors an abstracted sense of musical locale. —

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 Reliant on their host system operating system kernel (Windows containers run on Windows, Linux containers run on Linux), containers are an abstracted element of cloud computing systems, which are essentially virtualized and abstracted at their core in the first place. —

Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023 New textile works that take the appearance of floating, waterlogged silk by Megumi Shauna Arai exhibit the artist’s graduation from straightforward patchwork into more abstracted territory. —

Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 13 June 2023 One of Morris’ favorite works, shown at the Brooklyn Museum, embodies this spirit: an abstracted view of a woman’s torso, the curves of her body like peaks and valleys, her vulva covered in a real tuffet of green fur. —

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 17 May 2023 An additional installation over the bar features 22,000 individual strands of chain and weighs nearly 3,000 pounds and is an abstracted interpretation of Bill Graham’s iconic LES rock venue Fillmore East. —

Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023 Fortnite will be rewritten into this abstracted layer. —

Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023 This is easier said than done, because an abstracted concept of safety is hard to define, and a task-specific definition of safety is hard to scale across tasks. —

IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2021 Also, the heroine, Cáit (Catherine Clinch), who is nine years old, with ghost-pale features and dark hair down to her waist, has a faintly abstracted air. —

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2023 See More

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