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View definitions for pre-occupied

pre-occupied

adjective as in absorbed

adjective as in distracted

Strongest matches

Strong match

adjective as in hung up

adjective as in absentminded

adjective as in bemused

adjective as in distrait

verb as in absorb

verb as in forestall

verb as in preoccupy

verb as in exercise

adjective as in absorbed

adjective as in distracted

Strongest matches

Strong match

adjective as in hung up

adjective as in absentminded

adjective as in bemused

adjective as in distrait

verb as in absorb

verb as in forestall

verb as in preoccupy

verb as in exercise

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Example Sentences

Dixon would have put the chain on before she opened it, but Margaret had not a thought of fear in her pre-occupied mind.

The very mention of his name renewed her trouble, and produced a relapse into the feeling of depressed, pre-occupied exhaustion.

There were many things that pre-occupied the minds of Alice and her father as they were driving home.

It required no power of divination for even the pre-occupied schoolmaster to guess the nature of their errand.

Nevertheless the young man was pre-occupied, anxious, and hungry.

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On this page you'll find 1236 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pre-occupied, such as: apathetic, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, and indifferent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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