adjective. undefined

adjective. Absorbed in thought; engrossed.

adjective. Excessively concerned with something; distracted.

adjective. Formerly or already occupied.

adjective. Already used and therefore unavailable for further use. Used of taxonomic names.

Occupied previously; engrossed; hence, lost in thought; meditative; abstracted.

In zoology and botany, already used as a name for a genus, species, etc., and therefore, by the laws of priority, rejected for any other genus, species, etc., to which it has been applied.

adjective. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of preoccupy.

adjective. deeply absorbed in thought

adjective. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

"I think your last point on being preoccupied is so right as far as a creativity killer."

concerned  thoughtful  

occupied  unoccupied  

absent  absentminded  absorbed  absorbed  absorbed in  

preoccupy