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distracted

adj
/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/

Definitions

  1. having one's attention diverted

    having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary)

    • Plenty of accidents happened with a look-out present but momentarily distracted.

  2. distraught

    • Runs about the house like a distracted person crying and making a most hideous noise.
    • There'll be a procession— bands— dead march— bells tolling— all the girls in tears— Yum-Yum distracted— then, when it's all over, general rejoicings, and a display of fireworks in the evening.

  3. simple past and past participle of distract

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at distracted. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at distracted. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at distracted

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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