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distracting

adj

Definitions

  1. Causing a distraction

    Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.

    • Sending a text message was considered to be the most distracting activity to perform while driving. From the list, the least distracting activity was having a conversation with a passenger.
    • Whenever you make one aspect of a behavior more difficult (a more distracting environment), you want to make other aspects easier (walking beside the dog rather than twenty feet away).
    • Please don't make a lot of loud, unnecessary noises—slamming the desk or copy machine drawer closed, etc. This is very distracting and rude.

  2. Diverting

  3. present participle and gerund of distract

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Vish — recursive loop

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

6 hops · closes at distracting

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

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