abstracted
adjective
ab·stract·ed
ab-ˈstrak-təd 
ˈab-ˌstrak-
1
: withdrawn in mind : inattentive to one's surroundings
said hello but seemed abstracted
2
: abstract sense 4
abstracted geometric shapes
abstractedly
adverb
abstractedness
noun
Examples of abstracted in a Sentence
She said hello but she seemed a bit abstracted.
the man on the train seemed somewhat abstracted, and he did indeed forget to get off at his stop
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Larry Aldrich, the museum’s founder, visited Diamond’s studio in 1972 and subsequently acquired Untitled (1972), one of her early abstracted landscapes, and put it in a group show—marking her first museum acquisition and exhibition.
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Grace Edquist, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
The dialectic talk can feel a bit abstracted from politics, as can spotting Marx in every mention of equity.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
But another reason might be a latent hunger for rock that’s abstracted, collaborative, and sensation-first.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
The filmmaker, however, opts for a more abstracted view, mostly keeping character backgrounds opaque to focus on here-and-now visual oddity.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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Grace Edquist, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
The dialectic talk can feel a bit abstracted from politics, as can spotting Marx in every mention of equity.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
But another reason might be a latent hunger for rock that’s abstracted, collaborative, and sensation-first.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
The filmmaker, however, opts for a more abstracted view, mostly keeping character backgrounds opaque to focus on here-and-now visual oddity.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Abstracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abstracted. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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abstracted
adjective
ab·stract·ed
ab-ˈstrak-təd
ˈab-ˌstrak-
abstractedly
adverb
abstractedness
noun
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