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Meanings of unfocused in English

Having outlines that are not clearly visible.

(Of an image) not being in or brought into focus.

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Examples for "blurred"
1
The field was in a haze; the players blurred in his sight.
The Young Pitcher
2
The number fifty-seven resolved itself from a blurred point of light inside.
Woken furies
3
It's just that often the true meaning of the terms get blurred.
Feminist dot com
4
After a moment, a second shadow overlaid and blurred his own: Cleaver's.
A Case of Conscience
5
Our generation has blurred forever the traditional line between civilians and soldiers.
Feminist dot com
1
Cox regression and fuzzy logic rule generation were used for statistical analysis.
Pubmed
2
After these four words, the hundreds that follow sound fuzzy and shapeless.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
3
She was orienting herself, after lost days, fuzzy images, time in crates.
Rose in a storm
4
But fuzzy speeches do little to address substantial economic and fiscal problems.
Reuters
5
Friendly to a degree, open and honest, yes; warm and fuzzy, no.
The reach of a chef: beyond the kitchen
Usage of unfocused in English
1
And not finding it, we have declared the process unfocused or unsatisfactory.
The Guardian
2
Then I need to take it out.' Pellrec's eyes were staring, unfocused.
Empire in black and gold
3
His voice was unusu ally harsh, even for him, but somehow unfocused.
From hell with love
4
The lights were unfocused prisms to him, the night diffused and encroaching.
Carrion comfort
5
Cullossax's eyes went unfocused then, as the wyrmling assassin met his fate.
The Wyrmling Horde
6
They were indistinct memories, vague and unfocused figures with hollow, dreamlike voices.
The Status Civilization
7
Her eyes had moved on to a spot somewhere behind me, unfocused.
A killing night
8
Eyes unfocused, staring at the floor, Sing hears those five famous chords.
Strange Sweet Song
9
His eyes were wide and unfocused, a child rising from his nap.
The Hyperion Cantos
10
Her eyes were unfocused and she was breathing shallowly but very fast.
On Stranger Tides
11
Her voice was very soft and her eyes were distant and unfocused.
Blood rites
12
Sleat's dark eyes unfocused slightly as he did his own internal calculations.
The Wise Man’s Fear
13
Drummer kept feeding, staring up at her with big, unfocused blue eyes.
Mine
14
She crumples to the ground, her face slack and her eyes unfocused.
Night of knives
15
In the absence of coherent leadership, opposition objectives remain broad and relatively unfocused.
Reuters
16
Mr Trump's approach to Russia has been curiously lenient and unfocused.
BBC
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common