distracted (comparative more distracted, superlative most distracted)
- having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
2021 September 22, Dr Mike Esbester, “Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL, number 940, page 79:Plenty of accidents happened with a look-out present but momentarily distracted.
- distraught
1737, J. Bricknell, The Natural History of North Carolina, page 342:Runs about the house like a distracted person crying and making a most hideous noise.
having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
distracted
- simple past and past participle of distract