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spaced out adjective

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Definition

describes someone who is not completely conscious of what is happening around them, often because of taking drugs or needing to sleep
I hadn't slept for two days and was completely spaced out.

(Definition of spaced out adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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