adjective
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lost in thought; preoccupied
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taken out or separated; extracted
Related Words
See absent-minded.
Other Word Forms
- abstractedly adverb
- abstractedness noun
- nonabstracted adjective
- nonabstractedly adverb
- nonabstractedness noun
- unabstracted adjective
- unabstractedly adverb
- unabstractedness noun
Etymology
Origin of abstracted
Example Sentences
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Think of it as theater as a healing exercise, or simply an abstracted evening with elaborate, vibrant costumes and choreographed drones creating new constellations in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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