All 3 Uses
preoccupied
in
Jurassic Park
(Edited)
- Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.
p. 318.3 *preoccupied = busy or distracted
- He was so preoccupied with Sattler that it was a moment before he realized his mistake.
p. 378.7preoccupied = distracted
- And Wu had been too preoccupied with the idea of making improvements.
p. 427.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(preoccupied) busy thinking about or doing something so that other things are not noticed or done
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, preoccupied can mean that someone has already inhabited or taken something.