unfocused

variants also unfocussed

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of unfocused So tell me all your thoughts on that totally unfocused question. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024 Their scenes together can feel unfocused solely because they’re needlessly drawn out. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024 Founders often overestimate which features are critical, resulting in an MVP that’s unfocused. Abdo Riani, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 If Jerry Maguire had written something this vague and unfocused, Renee Zellweger never would have followed him out of that sports agency. Jen Chaney, Vulture, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for unfocused 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
  • Anyone else is likely to emerge unharmed, if a little bewildered that these good-looking but skin-deep figures merited feature treatment.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Unleashed upon an unsuspecting public in 1977, Eraserhead initially left crowds confused and bewildered.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • American Primeval’s second episode wastes no time, picking up mere moments after the end of the premiere, which left a dazed Jacob looking for his wife in the middle of a field filled with dead bodies.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Those friends are now left angry, confused and with a stinging loss.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Many customers are confused about high-yield savings Confusion abounds.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Wallis said he was disappointed about the switch and a little bemused since he’s used to cold at home.
    Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Hearing his sentence, Mr. Trump – just over a week away from his inauguration – appeared bemused and defiant, delivering a five-minute address to the court before the judge handed down his sentence.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The man charged with robbery has a prior conviction for negligent discharge of a firearm, according to the criminal complaint.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The injuries and/or damages complained of in the complaint, if any, were caused solely, directly and proximately by the negligent and/or intentional acts or omissions of person other than answering defendant.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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