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preoccupied (adjective), more preoccupied, most preoccupied
1. A reference to a person who is absorbed or is thinking a lot about someone or something else: Mary is a preoccupied secretary who is focused more on finishing her assignment than she is of taking time to eat her lunch.
2. Etymology: from Latin praeoccupare "to seize beforehand" from prae-, "before" + occupare, "to take a hold of."
Overly absorbed in thought and not aware of what is going on.
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