How to Use unfocused in a Sentence

unfocused

adjective
  • She has lots of unfocused energy.
  • Your essay seems unfocused and unclear.
  • Her eyes flew open, wide and unfocused.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Which might explain why the show came out so bland and unfocused.
    — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The shorter of the two had the unfocused stare of a co-ed who’d been served one too many.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Now, the eyes that had watched her dribble around the park lolled to the left or right, unfocused.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The series has been uneven, with some great highs and some unfocused lows.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
  • But the jump scares aren’t scary, and the story is overwrought and unfocused.
    — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Open and wide aromas of mint and limes, though slightly unfocused.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 July 2022
  • There were initial talks that were pretty loose and unfocused.
    — CBS News, 8 July 2020
  • Winston stared out into space, his eyes glassy and unfocused.
    — Janice Gary, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The woman sat slumped in a chair, her face drained of color, her eyes strangely unfocused.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Fury of the Gods' Like the first movie, but unfocused and charmless.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Biden didn’t come across as well, looking frail and unfocused at several key points.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • His hair a mess, his mind unfocused, his movements jittery, and his shirt buttoned wrong.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 21 Sep. 2017
  • So tell me all your thoughts on that totally unfocused question.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Being tired, stressed, hangry, unfocused and even eating certain foods can cause us to overeat.
    — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The menu is scattered, unfocused.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Check out the ideas below to help your child deal with some of the most common unfocused behavior.
    — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Rivers was complaining players were out of shape and unfocused.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • The founder was evasive, the model was unfocused and the pressure was high to get into the deal.
    — Shayne Fitz-Coy, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The end result is sprawling and often unfocused, with a reach that exceeds its grasp.
    — Kimber Myers, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
  • The energy, at least at first, feels scattered and unfocused.
    — Ann Hornaday, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The picture, showing a black and white dog lying in the dirt, was unfocused and taken from far away.
    — Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post, 23 June 2020
  • So there were these bursts of creative energy throughout the set, but very much unfocused.
    — Mark Olsen, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The first episode is a bit slow and unfocused, but after that, the characters emerge as complex, and the show takes flight.
    — oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The young woman’s skin is waxen, her eyes unfocused, her posture cramped and scared, her hands inert and curled like claws.
    — Anne Boyer, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • And often, the show falls short of its own peak thanks to an unfocused structure that diffuses much of its message.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Longevity medicine itself is a somewhat unfocused term.
    — Lara Setrakian, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This play here perfectly depicts just how unfocused New York was for the bulk of the night.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

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