<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>inattentive; preoccupied.</li><li>having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.</li><li>rendered incapable of behaving, reacting, etc., in a normal manner, as by worry, remorse, or the like; irrational; disturbed.</li></ul>