preoccupied
adjectiveAbsorbed in thought; engrossed.
adjectiveExcessively concerned with something; distracted.
adjectiveFormerly or already occupied.
adjectiveAlready used and therefore unavailable for further use. Used of taxonomic names.
Occupied previously; engrossed; hence, lost in thought; meditative; abstracted.
In zoology and botany, already used as a name for a genus, species, etc., and therefore, by the laws of priority, rejected for any other genus, species, etc., to which it has been applied.
adjectiveSimple past tense and past participle of
deeply absorbed in thought