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as in muddled
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Recent Examples of unfocused
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Oct. 27, 2024
The U.S. response to this has been unfocused, to put it charitably.
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Because of its looseness, the course became a haven for unfocused or purposeless teenagers.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
From Patti Wood: Was Trump Struggling to Read Prompters?
Just before swearing in, Trump looked very tired, bored, and unfocused.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
After opening the game disjointed and unfocused, the Trojans chipped away at a double-digit deficit and got close before their rally was ultimately thwarted.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Because of its looseness, the course became a haven for unfocused or purposeless teenagers.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
From Patti Wood: Was Trump Struggling to Read Prompters?
Just before swearing in, Trump looked very tired, bored, and unfocused.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
After opening the game disjointed and unfocused, the Trojans chipped away at a double-digit deficit and got close before their rally was ultimately thwarted.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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Alani, a French journalist, paints a haunting picture of modern Iraq through the eyes of its bewildered children.—
Lisa Anderson,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The snap captures Bailey a bewildered expression on her face.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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After this, the responsibilities of playing Bush fell to Hammond and later Will Forte, who fit the character more into his own image of a silly little boy in a man’s body rather than re-enact Ferrell’s dazed and confused moron shtick.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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On March 10th, the dazed citizens of Tinseltown reached for their gowns and tuxedos and filled the Biltmore Bowl, which was packed to capacity.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 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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For many, the frenetic nature of the firings has left them confused – and even days later – without a full accounting of their termination.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Build your strategy around results Showing up to your laptop without a plan will leave you confused, tired and unsure about the next step.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Chiara applies lessons from her father’s art to her own career — testing the bemused tolerance of her famous, now aged screen-idol mother.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Feb. 2025
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Kelly’s rant on X prompted a rather bemused response from the original show’s star, Melissa Gilbert, who played a young version of author Laura Ingalls Wilder on the show, which ran on NBC from 1974 to 1983.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 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
Adjective
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Andrew Buen, a former sheriff's deputy in Clear Creek County, Colo., was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man who called 911 for help after his SUV got stuck near the town of Silver Plume.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, if the airline is found to be negligent, the cap on damages can exceed $200,000, according to Applebaum.—
Maria Sole Campinoti,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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