preoccupied

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Adjective

preoccupied

1. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

   I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

Translations

concerned with something else, distracted

French: préoccupé (fr) m. German: gedankenverloren (de), in Gedanken woanders, tief beschäftigt Greek: συλογισμένος (el), απορροφημένος (el), προκατειλημμένος (el), κατειλημμένος (el)

Manx: boirit (gv) Portuguese: preocupado (pt) m. Spanish: preocupado (es), ensimismado (es)

Verb

preoccupied

1. Simple past tense and past participle of preoccupy.