abstracted

[ab-strak-tid]

adjective

1. lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied.

2. removed; remote; separate.

3. considered as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances.

abstracted

/ æbˈstræktɪd /

adjective

1. lost in thought; preoccupied

2. taken out or separated; extracted

Other Word Forms

• abstractedly adverb
• abstractedness noun
• nonabstracted adjective
• nonabstractedly adverb
• nonabstractedness noun
• unabstracted adjective
• unabstractedly adverb
• unabstractedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of abstracted¹

First recorded in 1605–15; abstract + -ed ²

Synonym Study

See absent-minded.

Example Sentences

The show is centered around her “Linear Language” series, where Hurtado abstracted various words into geometric shapes and patterns to create a new kind of portrait.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that the exemption that allows farmers to take up to 20,000 litres a day without a licence meant no-one could be sure how much water was being abstracted by farms across England.

From BBC

Another key factor is the need to reduce how much water is taken – or "abstracted" – by water companies and other users from England's rivers, the report says.

From BBC

For here, everything was slightly abstracted — a sonic hum gave way to a hazy mixture of lights as I glanced at various ideas and impressions.

From Los Angeles Times

For at Disneyland, exaggerations are the norm, and if we let ourselves live in these abstracted worlds, we can sense their heightened emotions.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• engrossed 
• preoccupied