distracting

comparative more distracting · superlative most distracting

1. Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.

   Please don't make a lot of loud, unnecessary noises—slamming the desk or copy machine drawer closed, etc. This is very distracting and rude.

   2020, Sharese Dawkins, Do's and Don'ts to a Better Way of Living

   2 more examples

   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.

   2006, Daniel M. Sturnquist, Mobile Phones and Driving, page 51

   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).

   2007, Cheryl Smith ·, Visiting the Dog Park: Having Fun, Staying Safe, page 42

2. Diverting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of distract