ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
† 1. Not drawn apart by dissension. Obs.1
a. 1649. Drumm. of Hawth., Hist. Jas. V., Wks. (1711), 100. To turn the Imperial Crown Hereditary to his own House, which, Germany being all of one Mind and undistracted, he could never have brought to pass.
† 2. Not drawn aside or perverted; genuine, real.
1656. Stanley, Hist. Philos., V. ii. 149. That there is a credible undistracted concurrence, is manifest from Menelaus. Ibid. Such is undistracted phantasy.
a. 1659. Osborne, Charac., etc. (1659), 126. Valour and Cowardice, both strangers, if not Contrary to the Practice of undistracted Nature.
3. Not diverted or interrupted by other occupations or interests.
1648. Boyle, Seraph. Love (1659), 106. He was pleasd to admit him to a yet Closer, more Immediate, and more Undistracted Communion with himself.
1683. Brit. Spec., 121. By undistracted Prayers to renew their Courage and Patience in their Apostolical Employment.
1817. Coleridge, Biogr. Lit., ii. (1907), I. 30. In order to devote himself, an entire and undistracted man, to the instruction of his fellow-citizens.
1871. Lindon in Life & Lett. (1904), 155. I require an amount of undistracted thought which I never get here.
b. Const. by.
1759. Robertson, Hist. Scot., II. Wks. 1813, I. 112. Undistracted by those cares which occupy and oppress other men.
1852. M. Arnold, Self-Depened., v. Undistracted by the sights they see, These demand not [etc.].
4. Not drawn aside or away from something.
1833. Lamb, Elia, II. Barrenness Mod. Art. [With] her soul undistracted from TheseusAriadne is still pacing the solitary shore.
1862. Lytton, Str. Story, I. 87. Some one by whom your thoughts would have been undistracted from the channels into which your calling should concentrate their flow.
Hence Undistractedness.
1660. Boyle, New Exp. Phys. Mech., Pref. p. viii. That calmness of Minde, and undistractedness of Thoughts, that are wont to be requisite to Happy Speculations.
1886. Athenæum, 7 Aug., 166/3. The impression as a whole is one of undistractedness and elegance.