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Recent Examples of unfocused
Without this baseline of measurement, efforts risk being unfocused or, worse, counterproductive due to lack of direction.
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Hugo Kimber, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement World & Nation How Trump tariff threats might plunge Mexico into recession and stoke immigration
Oct. 27, 2024
The U.S. response to this has been unfocused, to put it charitably.
—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
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Hugo Kimber, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Advertisement World & Nation How Trump tariff threats might plunge Mexico into recession and stoke immigration
Oct. 27, 2024
The U.S. response to this has been unfocused, to put it charitably.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfocused
Adjective
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More than a year later, the campus remains in a state of bewildered unease.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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But for many bewildered observers, both explanations for Trump’s extraordinary pivot to the Kremlin seem equally misplaced.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Seconds earlier, Allat arrives on the scene and finds a man injured on the road, dazed and holding his knee.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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When Diana Ross announced her as the 1974 winner, a dazed Flack put her hand over her mouth.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 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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Imagine how confused ordinary taxpayers are by this ridiculous, irresponsible, intergovernmental spat.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Tuna was both curious and confused as to why Evelyn dared to leave his side.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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His manner with the girl is more bemused, placating.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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Admittedly the punishment might have been more for the apparent threat than the taboo language, but she was docked a point — which happened to be match point, handing the win to a bemused Kim Clijsters — and later fined $10,500 (£6,300 at the time).—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 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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He was accused of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for the unintentional death of Neely – and later acquitted.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The notice contends that town officials were negligent and failed to properly supervise Moan.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Unfocused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfocused. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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