distracting

English

Adjective

distracting (comparative more distracting, superlative most distracting)

  1. Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.
    • 2006, Daniel M. Sturnquist, Mobile Phones and Driving, page 51:
      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.
    • 2007, Cheryl Smith ·, Visiting the Dog Park: Having Fun, Staying Safe, page 42:
      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).
    • 2020, Sharese Dawkins, Do's and Don'ts to a Better Way of Living:
      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.

Derived terms

Verb

distracting

  1. present participle and gerund of distract

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