unfocused

Example Sentences

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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

Jaquel Knight’s choreography has moments of concentrated verve, but when the Ozians, as these over-the-rainbow denizens are known, are called to distract from the scenic deficit with their twirling, the effect is motley and unfocused.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Using Wilson’s findings, Ed McMillan calculated that particles could produce a serviceable beam even when they were significantly unfocused and out of resonance.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik