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distracting

adjective

  1. draw attention away from something, not focused on what is at hand
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. 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).

  2. Diverting

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of distract