distracting en · ADJ
Meanings
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Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.
Whenever you make one aspect of a behavior more difficult (a more distracting environment), you want to make other aspects easier (walking beside the dog rather than twenty feet away).
2007, Cheryl Smith ·, Visiting the Dog Park: Having Fun, Staying Safe, page 42:Sending a text message was considered to be the most distracting activity to perform while driving. From the list, the least distracting activity was having a conversation with a passenger.
2006, Daniel M. Sturnquist, Mobile Phones and Driving, page 51:Please don't make a lot of loud, unnecessary noises—slamming the desk or copy machine drawer closed, etc. This is very distracting and rude.
2020, Sharese Dawkins, Do's and Don'ts to a Better Way of Living:
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Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most distracting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more distracting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
undistracting · distractingly · nondistracting
Translations (2)
es distractor (causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus) · es distrayente (causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus)