distracting
adjective
- draw attention away from something, not focused on what is at hand
Wiktionary
adj
- Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.
“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.”
“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).”
- Diverting
verb
- present participle and gerund of distract