Definition of distracted
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: having one's thoughts or attention drawn away : unable to concentrate or give attention to something
a distracted driver … everyone else … is too distracted to see how lost and yearning she has become …— Richard Schickel … used to get so distracted by cellphone conversations overheard on the bus that she couldn't focus on reading.— Roni Caryn Rabin
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: harassed, confused, or deranged especially by strong feelings
a mind distracted by grief … putting that poor gentleman through a course of questions that nearly drove him distracted.— Louisa May Alcott
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The first known use of distracted was in 1576
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