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PREOCCUPIED

How it’s pronounced

Definition:

Deeply absorbed in thought or activity; too engaged to focus on anything else.

Examples:

• She was so preoccupied with checking her phone that she walked straight into a glass door. Twice.

• Greg claimed he was too preoccupied with work to attend the family reunion, yet somehow found time to watch the soccer match.

Etymology:

From Latin praeoccupatus ("seized beforehand").

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