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dis⋅trac⋅tive

  [di-strak-tiv]
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–adjective
tending to distract.
Origin:
1625–35; distract + -ive

Related forms:
dis⋅trac⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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dis·tract   (dĭ-strākt')   
tr.v.   dis·tract·ed, dis·tract·ing, dis·tracts

  1. To cause to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest; divert.

  2. To pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle.


[Middle English distracten, from Latin distrahere, distract-, to pull away : dis-, apart; see dis- + trahere, to draw.]
dis·tract'i·bil'i·ty n., dis·tract'i·ble adj., dis·tract'ing·ly adv., dis·trac'tive adj.
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