preoccupied
/pɹiˈɑkjəpˌaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
adj
Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.
verb
simple past and past participle of preoccupy
Example Sentences
- "I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday."
- "Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […]."
- "Scythrop, retiring to his tower, found his study preoccupied."
- "Presently the gudeman […] with much bowing and many respectful compliments, managed to tell the guest that the room was preoccupied for that night, as two dykers had come and, according to prearrangement, were to sleep in the bed!"
- "In 1924 J. D. Tothill revised the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella, a name proposed by Bezzi in 1906 to replace Fabricia Rob. D. which is preoccupied."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more preoccupied (comparative)
most preoccupied (superlative)