abstracted
adjective
[ əbˈstraktɪd ]
• lacking concentration on what is happening around one.
• "she seemed abstracted and unaware of her surroundings"
Similar:
absent-minded,
distracted,
preoccupied,
absorbed,
engrossed,
far away,
somewhere else,
not there,
not with us,
in a world of one's own,
with one's head in the clouds,
daydreaming,
dreamy,
inattentive,
thoughtful,
pensive,
lost in thought,
deep in thought,
immersed in thought,
wool-gathering,
in a brown study,
musing,
brooding,
absent,
distrait,
heedless,
oblivious,
miles away,
abstract
verb
• consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).
• "to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism"
• extract or remove (something).
• "applications to abstract more water from streams"
Similar:
extract,
pump,
draw (off),
tap,
suck,
withdraw,
remove,
take out/away,
separate,
detach,
isolate,
dissociate,
• make a written summary of (an article or book).
• "staff who abstract material for an online database"
Similar:
summarize,
write a summary of,
precis,
abridge,
condense,
compress,
shorten,
cut down,
abbreviate,
synopsize,
epitomize,
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.
