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distractible.

Adjective
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MEANING

Readily drawn away from the current focus of attention.

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  • distractible attention
  • easily distractible

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The restless audience grew increasingly distractible.

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distractible

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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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