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abstracted

abst·rac·ted

UK/əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ US/əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

taken out of or separated from

  • “possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement” A.N.Whitehead
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2.

lost in thought; showing preoccupation

  • “an absent stare”
  • “an absentminded professer”
  • “the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence”
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Origin

From abstract + -ed.

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