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also unfocussed
as in muddled
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Recent Examples of unfocused
Endlessly switching between apps and online platforms splinters our attention and can lead to digital exhaustion, leaving us anxious, apathetic and unfocused.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
These presets aim to reduce unfocused or exaggerated AI aesthetics.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
That precision compounds over time, making growth faster and more sustainable than broad, unfocused marketing.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
The Nittany Lions looked unfocused and distracted in a 22-21 loss to Northwestern at Beaver Stadium.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
These presets aim to reduce unfocused or exaggerated AI aesthetics.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
That precision compounds over time, making growth faster and more sustainable than broad, unfocused marketing.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
The Nittany Lions looked unfocused and distracted in a 22-21 loss to Northwestern at Beaver Stadium.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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This switch-up to the formula makes new episodes of The Comeback compelling to watch, even as the season’s big-picture storytelling remains a bit muddled.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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Bose Soundbar Deal The Bose TV Soundbar is the ultimate cure for muddled cinematic dialogue.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This sometimes left audience members bewildered about what had actually happened.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 Apr. 2026
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The passenger in the back eventually looked up from her phone, noticed Louise, and locked eyes with this bewildered-looking woman blocking the crosswalk.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In his emotional breakdowns, Elliott buckles under his testy relationship with his mother Lynn and then wanders through gatherings and parties with a perpetually dazed expression.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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No one is immune to the lampooning, even the dazed and confused sons and daughters who get sidelined and pawned off due to their parents’ ambitions, neuroses and desires to achieve greatness.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Susan Blanchard co-starred as Tina Kelly, his scatterbrained housekeeper.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 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
Adjective
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For obvious reasons, the name (and how to pronounce it) immediately confused fans of the couple.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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However, his revelations added additional layers of complications rather than actually pointing towards who was responsible for Floyd's death, leaving detectives Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) even more confused.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Giddey gave a bemused nod, then a smile.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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That was John’s thing, back then, but leave it to both Beatles to have a bemused sense of class consciousness.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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They are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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His older brother, played by Paul Wesley, has died under mysterious circumstances, forcing Ethan to return home to contend with that grief, with the stark fact of his senile mother, and with the resentments of former friends who view his departure as a betrayal.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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The couple is accusing American Airlines of eight separate counts, including negligence, negligent training and defamation.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tom and Hussein were then arrested and booked into jail for negligent discharge, police said.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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