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Definition of Preoccupied

1. Adjective. Deeply absorbed in thought. "A preoccupied frown"

2. Adjective. Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something. "He was taken up in worry for the old woman"

Definition of Preoccupied

1. Adjective. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. ¹

2. Verb. (past of ''preoccupy'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preoccupied

1. preoccupy [v] - See also: preoccupy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preoccupied

preobservation preobservations preobtain preobtained preobtaining preobtains preocclusion preoccupancies preoccupancy preoccupate

preoccupated preoccupates preoccupating preoccupation preoccupations preoccupied (current term) preoccupied name preoccupied names preoccupiedly preoccupies

preoccupy preoccupying preocular preominate preon preons preop preopening preoperation preoperational

Literary usage of Preoccupied

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1907)
"preoccupied NAMES OF BEES. Through the kindness of Prof. Cockerell I have learned that two names recently used by me are preoccupied, and therefore propose ..."

2. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"By that extension of English public law, within less than a century, over the vast areas in Continental Europe and in Latin America preoccupied by Roman ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"14, 1877), but the emended form is preoccupied by Tropidonotus. Kuhl. ... Artr. Viaje Pac., Neur. y Ort., p. 82, 1884. preoccupied by ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... can not for this reason be rejected in favor of Toxostoma crissalis, as Toxostoma dorsalis is apparently not preoccupied or otherwise untenable. ..."

5. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1903)
"That a foreigner, who brought a mind preoccupied with continental ideas, whose taste, training and knowledge qualified him for Dutch rather than English ..."

6. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"His Highness seemed more preoccupied with the Balkan situation at the moment than with anything else. He said that Turkish Government would be unable to ..."

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