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unfocused Definition

un·fo·cused (un fōkəst)

adjective

  1. not focused; not brought into focus
    1. lacking a center of concentration unfocused attempts
    2. not directed toward a goal or objective unfocused plans

unfocused Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Local history or a walk around the neighborhood can begin the process, but remain unfocused.
  • seem: The best we get from Bettany is one daylight scene where his gaze seems unfocused.
  • become: Once his face ran pale and cold and his sight became unfocused, Pinocchio took one last breathe and did not move again.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: He does not have an answer and, as a result, this part of Super Size Me is rather unfocused.
  • too: United too have been very poor on the whole, and Liverpool's aims too unfocused.
  • so: When asked why he was so unfocused the other day, he answered: " It was not my turn to eat yesterday " .
  • somewhat: Having 100 % of services available online was always a somewhat unfocused target, begging the questions of: what level of service?
  • slightly: His tone was sensual and breathy, slightly unfocused, and he was a great performer of ballads.
  • very: From Google's point of view, these pages are very unfocused.

Modifies a noun

  • mind: This will, according to its strength, set into vital motion a greater or lesser degree or area of the unfocused mind.
  • way: This involves me with a little Moleskin notebook and a ballpoint pen, scribbling down ideas in a loose, unfocused way.
  • approach: An unfocused approach to foreign policy leads to, and is often devised in pursuit of, media grand-standing.
  • part: In the unfocused part of your mind is a rhythm of forces due to some part of the manipulation which is a beat.
  • people: There's NEVER been a monument built to a critic, because they're mostly just disappointed, unfocused people.