Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Causing perplexity: as, distractive cares.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Causing perplexity; distracting.

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  • adjective causing distraction

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Examples

  • Yet many classroom teachers are less concerned about the disruptive technologies of an indefinite future than they are about today's "distractive" technologies.

    Blue Skunk Blog 2010

  • North Dakota law enforcement and Department of Transportation officials are hoping to reduce the number of highway crashed and fatalities by making drivers aware of issues such as distractive driving, intoxication and seat belt use.

    unknown title 2009

  • Good article but a bit distractive because of the intermittent use of centre and center.

    Which Media Centre Is Right For You: Boxee, XBMC, WMC Compared | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • The process of evapordaytion, as scientists call it, has steadily intensified with the proliferation of distractive technologies.

    The evapo-day Joel Achenbach 2010

  • But it's a distractive issue, which is why I'd hardly have anything to say about it except for the media being so interested in Rick Perry's criminal record all the time.

    Rick Horowitz: Rick Perry, Gunslinger? More Like Mudslinger! Rick Horowitz 2011

  • The secondary comes in when the primary thinks I'm distractive.

    Doing things a girl should do Jerine 2009

  • This way the compo would be way more diverse, and you would no longer have a too distractive portrait. remember the eye-tracking tests of the first book?

    Color and Light Book James Gurney 2010

  • On Saturday, the Business Travel Coalition, which represents corporate travel managers, criticized the new procedures, saying treating all passengers transiting the aviation system as if they are equal threats to national security represents worst practice because it is ineffective, costly and distractive of better practices.

    TSA: Airport Security Pat-Downs Are Here to Stay Evan Perez 2010

  • Talk about distractive politic – you guys tune into banal matters of form, not substance.

    Answers. 2008

  • One criticized "user unfriendly interfaces" and screens with a small font size and "extraneous and distractive" information that had led pharmacists to overlook changes in medication orders.

    Electronic Medical Record Shift: Signs Of Harm Emerge As Doctors Move From Paper 2010

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