1. lost in thought; preoccupied and not paying attention to one’s surroundings

Examples

• She seemed abstracted during the meeting, staring out the window.
• The professor gave an abstracted nod and continued reading his book.
• He walked through the crowd with an abstracted expression on his face.
• After hearing the news, she became abstracted and barely spoke.
• The artist appeared abstracted, completely absorbed in his creative process.
• His abstracted manner suggested he was thinking about something else entirely.