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also unfocussed
as in muddled
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Recent Examples of unfocused
Anderson’s account shows just how ill-informed and unfocused its approach was to the events of 1978–79.
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
The focus group for Bobby’s beer is similarly unfocused.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
But while both can leave you drained and unfocused, burnout runs deeper.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 24 June 2025
But the county has had to scale back its services and improvements to basic, critical infrastructure because of the unfocused overspending in the last several years.
—Jim Desmond, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
The focus group for Bobby’s beer is similarly unfocused.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
But while both can leave you drained and unfocused, burnout runs deeper.
—Lauryn Higgins, Time, 24 June 2025
But the county has had to scale back its services and improvements to basic, critical infrastructure because of the unfocused overspending in the last several years.
—Jim Desmond, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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Security, errors, and trust dominate the risk analysis Despite the hype and muddled terminology, the core idea of AI agents—systems designed to autonomously take action to carry out specific tasks—is still generating a lot of justifiable excitement.—
Sage Lazzaro,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The picture is far more muddled, and economists are split over whether Powell will telegraph a likely rate decrease next month or a continuation of the Fed’s wait-and-see approach.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Wednesday confronts Bianca, who is bewildered about her Siren-song not sticking; Wednesday is taking control of things now and Bianca needs to trust her.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Layered in cream, bruised, bewildered, bald.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The same woman who used to have fun behind her camera now seems sleepy, dazed, and even drugged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some seemed visibly dazed to suddenly be back in their homeland.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
2 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
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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
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While his wife and daughter build a new life in Vienna, Roman stays behind — confused, restless and convinced that things will get better.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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With nearby MPs training their guns on her, Ziva laid down her weapon and sprawled across the blacktop, looking up at a confused Tali.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Audiences bemused, delighted, hoodwinked theatrically, hoodwinked for real.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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With his brow perennially furrowed and hair slicked with sweat, Riley has the exact look and bearing of a suavely addled wrong-man figure from British thrillers of yore — and thus makes a suitably bemused proxy for the viewers in this wasteland of mounting chaos and absurdity.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
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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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Don Quixote himself is too often a senile dodderer; Daniel Rubin was creaky in body but youthfully quixotic in spirit.—
Jeffrey Gantz,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 Mar. 2023
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Leaving the area removes temptation to touch the firearm and reduces danger of negligent injury from another person.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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In December, the 61-year-old was found guilty of DUI, negligent driving, failure to control speed to avoid a collision and failure to notify of a change in address, but she was acquitted of reckless driving, following a March car accident, the state's attorney's office previously confirmed.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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