preoccupied

Speech parts

1. preoccupied - Adjective

2. preoccupied - Verb

Derived from preoccupy

4. preoccupied - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Preoccupy

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lost haunted bemused obsessed taken up involved rapt deep employed concerned focused concern engaged occupied buried
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Antonyms

observant attentive watchful vigilant heedful

Phrases with the word

be preoccupied with preoccupied with so preoccupied with self-preoccupied extremely preoccupied with be preoccupied by

Examples

Some people resemble the honeybee and some resemble the fly. Those who resemble the fly seek to find evil in every circumstance and are preoccupied with it; they see no good anywhere. But those who resemble the honeybee only see the good in everything they see. Paisios of Mount Athos

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Alexis de Tocqueville

I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts. Douglas Coupland

I've always felt that stylists such as you have in America are ashamed of a car and are preoccupied with making it look like something else, like a submarine or an airship...As an engineer, I revolt against this. Alec Issigonis

So-called "realist" photography does not capture the "what is." Instead, it is preoccupied with what should not be, like the reality of suffering for example. Jean Baudrillard

Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science. Yann Martel

Close letter words and terms

preoccupation with dead bodies preoccupation with having a severe illness preoccupation with one's health preoccupied name preoccupied with preoccupiedly