tuned-out
Mentally checked out
Tuned-out describes someone not paying attention or mentally disengaged from their surroundings.
The image is of a radio dial turned away from the station: The students looked completely tuned-out by the end of the lecture.
Someone tuned-out may be daydreaming, preoccupied, or simply uninterested.
The hyphenated form is typically adjectival; the verb phrase is tune out.
Unable to concentrate
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
preoccupied · oblivious · unaware · detached · disconnected · glazed over · lost in thought · not listening
Deliberately not noticing
- disregardingDeliberately not considering
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
unbothered · unconcerned · brushing off · dismissing · cold shoulder · stonewalling · excluding · rejecting
Utterly depleted of energy
- overstimulatedExcessively aroused sensorially
- sensory overloadExcessive simultaneous stimulation
- numbedDeprived of sensation
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
saturated · information fatigue · shut down · coping mechanism · filtering · blocking · overloaded · stressed
distracted
Unable to concentrate
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
daydreaming · preoccupied · oblivious · unaware · detached · disconnected · glazed over · lost in thought · not listening · ignoring
ignoring
Deliberately not noticing
- disregardingDeliberately not considering
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
indifferent · unbothered · unconcerned · brushing off · dismissing · cold shoulder · stonewalling · excluding · rejecting · snubbing
exhausted
Utterly depleted of energy
- overstimulatedExcessively aroused sensorially
- sensory overloadExcessive simultaneous stimulation
- numbedDeprived of sensation
desensitized · saturated · information fatigue · shut down · coping mechanism · filtering · blocking · overloaded · stressed · escapism
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference