preoccupied
21preoccupied — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inattentive, prepossessed, distracted; absorbed, engrossed, in a brown study (inf.). See inattention. Ant., attentive. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distracted, absorbed, engrossed; see absent minded …
22preoccupied — pre oc·cu·pied || ‚prɪ É‘kjÉ™paɪd / É’kjÊŠ adj. busy, engaged; lost in thought, occupied with meditations; taken, previously occupied, previously acquired (property) pre·oc·cu·py || ‚prÉªË É‘kjÉ™paɪ / É’kjÊŠ v. reflect, meditate on,… …
23preoccupied — a. Inattentive, abstracted, absent, absent minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study, unobservant, inadvertent …
24preoccupied — adj 1. abstracted, rapt, engrossed, consumed, lost in, absorbed, immersed, wrapped up, Inf. into [s.t.] busy, occupied; obsessed, Sl. hung up; oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, insensible, blind; distracted, diverted, distrait,… …
25preoccupied — pre·occupied …
26preoccupied — [priˈɒkjʊˌpaɪd] adj thinking about something so much that you do not notice other things or cannot think about other things preoccupy verb [T] …
27preoccupied — pre•oc•cu•pied [[t]priˈɒk yəˌpaɪd[/t]] adj. 1) completely engrossed in thought; absorbed 2) previously occupied; taken; filled 3) already used as a name, as for a species or genus, and not available as a designation for any other • Etymology:… …
28preoccupied name — one that is a junior homonym, a name with the same spelling that is erected anew for another taxon …
29preoccupied name — noun In zoological nomenclature, a name which is formally published, but which had already been used for another taxon; this second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced …
30self-preoccupied — /sɛlf priˈɒkjəpaɪd/ (say self pree okyuhpuyd) adjective preoccupied with oneself …
