distracted

He hunched over a keyboard, sang a bit of “I Want to Take You Higher” in a distracted manner, seemed to miss a few cues and walked off before the song was over.

It added Abiyah's parents' behaviour "often distracted or diverted professional attention" away from his safety and welfare.

During the hearing, the prosecutor told Klinghoffer, “If you continue to drive while distracted, and as a result of your driving someone is killed, you can be charged with murder.”

One could argue that in those before-times, perhaps voters were somehow more sympathetic to immigrants because they were distracted by other issues, like the price of eggs and groceries or broader inflation issues.

The public is too distracted by the hateful rhetoric and showmanship to notice more insidious actions, such as laws against mass protests and attacks on federal judges.