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Meaning of the word abstracted in English

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abstracted

US /æbˈstræk.tɪd/
UK /æbˈstræk.tɪd/

Adjective

lost in thought; preoccupied

Example:
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She sat there, looking utterly abstracted, staring out the window.
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His abstracted gaze suggested he was thinking of something far away.
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