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Recent Examples of unfocused
And workers can seem unfocused or confused, unsure of where to find answers (and what merits a leadership conversation).
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
As if Nike didn’t have enough problems (sales slump, stale designs, unfocused branding, executive shakeup), the company recently found itself on center stage in one of those increasingly frequent cultural sideshows that masquerade as news.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
In my experience, portfolios that respond quickly and precisely to shifting market dynamics outperform those that rely on big but unfocused investments.
—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
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
As if Nike didn’t have enough problems (sales slump, stale designs, unfocused branding, executive shakeup), the company recently found itself on center stage in one of those increasingly frequent cultural sideshows that masquerade as news.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
In my experience, portfolios that respond quickly and precisely to shifting market dynamics outperform those that rely on big but unfocused investments.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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This run – and the exhausted, bewildered looks on the players’ faces throughout it – has no doubt shaped Inter’s odds to win away to Barcelona, which look pretty close to long shot territory.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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In the two years since Tommy Elliott was killed in a mass shooting, Maryanne’s grief has, in turns, left her aghast and overwhelmed, bewildered and incapacitated, grateful and wanting to die.—
Kristina Goetz,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At some point, Kevin, dazed but not incapacitated, got on the line with a dispatcher.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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In footage shared by local media, he was seen bloodied, dazed and clutching his mobile phone.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Everyone was very confused about whether the watch’s band could be resized because only one kind of wrist was shown in the commercial.—
Seth Reiss,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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The home appeared on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page that highlights unique houses on the real estate market, and people were a little confused about the interior style.—
TJ Macias
July 10,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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When Anisimova lost the Queen’s final last month to 37-year-old Tatyana Maria, she was totally bemused by the German’s cat and mouse tactics.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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When things go wrong — such as the morning when a technical glitch with the PA system radio frequency led to a funeral service from a nearby church being broadcast to a bemused cricket crowd — what elsewhere might be regarded as irritations become charming idiosyncrasies.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 July 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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In his crosshairs is the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a system designed to provide fair and quick payouts for people who suffer rare but serious side effects from shots — without having to prove that drugmakers were negligent.—
Patricia Callahan,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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The lawsuit also accuses the daycare of being negligent by not having in place and/or choosing not to follow proper polices resulting in negligence that led to the injuries suffered by the child.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 July 2025
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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