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unfocused

[uhn-foh-kuhst] / ʌnˈfoʊ kəst /




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In the aftermath of that summer, a wounded Jean stumbles through her last two years of college, “berserk, unfocused, humiliating.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The rambling and unfocused speech offered little in the way of specifics.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

Yet works of high seriousness were never his strong suit, as his rambling and distressingly unfocused Eisenhower Memorial in Washington showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Back then it was hard to get approval from the police, and the march was a chaotic, unfocused event.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Sefia’s eyes unfocused as she slid, dizzy and nauseated, through the currents of his life.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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