unpreoccupiedadj.
/ˌʌnprɪˈɒkjᵿpʌɪd/, /ˌʌnpriːˈɒkjᵿpʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənpriˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/ Not preoccupied (in various senses). Originally: not prejudiced; unbiased. Later also: not mentally preoccupied; undistracted.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective]
carefulc1050
soignous1340
mindfula1382
tentivec1386
presentc1395
attendant1432
tendable?c1450
advicefulc1454
thoughtyc1480
neara1500
respective1525
heedful1548
heedy1548
prick-eared?1550
attendable1552
attentive1577
tentible1603
observative1609
unpreoccupied1643
advertent1646
presential1652
inspectivea1684
tent1789
attentful-
1643 Let. Oxf. Scholler to Schoolemaster 4 I desire you to reade over what my shallow apprehension of these State matters is, with an unpreoccupied understanding.
1773 Weekly Mag. 29 Apr. 141/1 A sound and unpreoccupied understanding.
1886 B. Harte Snowbound 193 Lee, the only unpreoccupied..spirit in the party.
1953 Crisis Jan. 19/1 The Texan is always amorous with the Italian lasses, but the almond-eyed GI is apparently a stoical Oriental unpreoccupied with such peccadilloes.
2007 M. Cox Spaniard's Marriage Demand viii. 146 All day, work had inevitably demanded his full, unpreoccupied attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1643