preoccupied
IPA: priˈɑkjʌpaɪd
adjective
- (obsolete) Prepossessed; biased.
- (now rare) Already occupied.
- (taxonomy, not comparable) Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.
- Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
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Examples of "preoccupied" in Sentences
- The boy seems to be preoccupied with romance.
- The author seems to be preoccupied with breasts.
- Alexander became preoccupied with the succession.
- Everyone is preoccupied with the secret life of Joss Moody.
- Andrews was now preoccupied with the poverty of his hometown.
- Always smiling with the contentment is not preoccupied by anything.
- Byrne was greatly preoccupied with the study of traffic facilities.
- The relations of human conflictuality preoccupied him particularly.
- In the meantime, Congress was preoccupied with the American Civil War.
- They are extremely persevering and in the extreme can be over preoccupied.