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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
distract /dɪˈstrakt/
▶verb prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.

■ divert (attention) from something.
– derivatives
distracted adjective,
distractedly adverb,
distracting adjective,
distractingly adverb,
distractor noun.
– origin ME: from L. distract-, distrahere ‘draw apart’.



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inattentive, unfocused, distracted
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