MEANING
Readily drawn away from the current focus of attention.
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Words that belong together
- distractible attention
- easily distractible
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The restless audience grew increasingly distractible.
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- Base
- distractible
Usage notes
Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more distractible; superlative most distractible when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.
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