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taken up with

ADJECTIVE

engrossed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorbed captivated consumed engaged enthralled submerged

STRONG

bugged busy fascinated gone gripped hooked immersed intrigued lost monopolized occupied riveted

WEAK

all wound up assiduous caught up caught up in deep diligent fiend for head over heels heavily into hung up industrious intent into rapt really into sedulous tied-up turned on up to here in wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONG

existing idle inactive

WEAK

bored disenthralled disinterested ignoring inattentive oblivious uncaring uninterested unoccupied

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But Mr. Haas’s work is much easier on the ear than most Stockhausen—more consonant and not especially taken up with chromaticism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Forgiveness is another story to be taken up with the witch community she struck fear in for a few centuries.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

The first two episodes, of eight, are set largely in space and taken up with the accident, its aftermath and Jo’s white-knuckle return to Earth, where she will spend the rest of the series.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

He said that when court time was taken up with "disputes between politicians involving insults which one imagines are sometimes heard in school playgrounds" it would cause delays for other "serious cases".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

He has taken up with foul folk, with the Orcs.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

taken up with

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