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as in muddled
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Recent Examples of unfocused
The woman sat slumped in a chair, her face drained of color, her eyes strangely unfocused.
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Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Without a vision for the application of generative AI, data preparation efforts risk becoming unfocused and disjointed.
—Sean Nathaniel, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That first 10 minutes or so really told the tale … Gators came out unfocused and Georgia really punished them for it.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Right Focus: Identifying High-Impact Applications AI can address some of education’s most persistent challenges, but its effectiveness is often diluted by broad, unfocused experimentation.
—Sidhant Bendre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Without a vision for the application of generative AI, data preparation efforts risk becoming unfocused and disjointed.
—Sean Nathaniel, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
That first 10 minutes or so really told the tale … Gators came out unfocused and Georgia really punished them for it.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Right Focus: Identifying High-Impact Applications AI can address some of education’s most persistent challenges, but its effectiveness is often diluted by broad, unfocused experimentation.
—Sidhant Bendre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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In the two years since Tommy Elliott was killed in a mass shooting, Maryanne Elliott’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
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In the now-viral video, the tuxedo cat crawls out from under the bed, wide-eyed and bewildered.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Case in point: his goal for Portugal Under-17s against Morocco in September 2023, a ludicrous solo effort that left a trail of dazed defenders scratching their heads and wondering what the hell had just happened.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Sea lions and dolphins have been observed rigid with seizures, acting dazed and confused.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 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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If readers are confused, consider yet again that Instagram could claim all of 30 million users when its acquisition was announced.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Those who lost their Medicaid health care reported being unaware or confused about how to report work hours.—
Phil Galewitz,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2025
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Peck and Mount stand wearing bemused grins, while Gooding displays a mysterious countenance and stylish new hairdo while casually seated.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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His manner with the girl is more bemused, placating.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 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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Lee was taken into custody by the sheriff’s office on charges of second-degree murder and negligent discharge of a firearm, police said.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Four years later, a Colorado jury found both paramedics guilty of negligent homicide.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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