Distrait

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  • adjective. Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Abstracted; absent-minded; inattentive.
  • In French law, awarded to another. See distraction, 9.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. absent-minded, troubled, distracted
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  • adjective. having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
    • Word Usage
    "Being, however, quite unaccustomed to dealing with this dual condition of mind it is to be feared he was a little "distrait" and mechanical of speech."
    Equivalent
    inattentive  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appelle  betheral  bolero  bomber-style  correspondance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absent-minded  abstracted  
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