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Recent Examples of unfocused
In my experience, portfolios that respond quickly and precisely to shifting market dynamics outperform those that rely on big but unfocused investments.
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Aurele Gouy, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Finally, saber-rattling with Iran is another example of an erratic and unfocused president.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
This play here perfectly depicts just how unfocused New York was for the bulk of the night.
—James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
This shift happened not because of broad, unfocused criticism, but through detailed research, strategic partnerships and persistent focus.
—Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Aurele Gouy, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Finally, saber-rattling with Iran is another example of an erratic and unfocused president.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
This play here perfectly depicts just how unfocused New York was for the bulk of the night.
—James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
This shift happened not because of broad, unfocused criticism, but through detailed research, strategic partnerships and persistent focus.
—Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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Tornado is a bewildered Japanese girl (played by pop singer Kôki) who fights off a horde of white men, thieving gold vagabonds who represent both Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Celtic ancestry.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 June 2025
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After staying at the shelter, Caboose eventually underwent surgery to get spayed and get their hernia repaired, but that's when doctors found something that left them bewildered.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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The band played everything a little slower, and the songs drifted through the theatre with a dazed elegance.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The museum show did happen — though some of what’s in it is fabricated, including a few fake ads for Apple and Absolut Vodka that the band very much did not shoot — but everyone in attendance seems a little dazed and confused about it, including the band.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The novel begins on a Monday afternoon like any other at its three adolescent central characters’ loving but scatterbrained aunt Xía’s house in Miami.—
Juan Vidal,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The company enlisted Donald Duck’s scatterbrained cartoon uncle, Prof. Ludwig Von Drake, in a video on votedisney.com to make its case that Disney’s current board members are up to the job.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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The Justice Department similarly told the Supreme Court that some lower courts are confused about how to evaluate multiple IQ tests under Supreme Court rules for what counts as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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It’s become the subject of much conversation at Variety, and Erickson is similarly confused.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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But even before the first handshake, Trump sounded bemused.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 May 2025
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Some have taken a bemused pleasure in Americana-style music finally getting its own hip-hop-style major beef, even if the two acoustic guitar strummers in question are wildly mismatched as far as being a comparative David and Goliath.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Sep. 2023
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In one story, Earn’s seemingly routine trip to church with Gloria, Jeanie, and his senile grandfather (Bob Banks) goes pear-shaped when Gloria abruptly drives off with her dad, leaving behind Earn and a bewildered Jeanie, who has recently been their father’s caretaker.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2022
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Former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center obstetrician-gynecologist Barry J. Brock has surrendered his medical license following an accusation of negligent care from the state medical board.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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In his answer to the lawsuit, Walker contends that any liability for damages should be reduced or eliminated if it is revealed that Sevier failed to mitigate his damages and was negligent and/or comparatively at fault.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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