Unfocused

Definition: Unfocused

Unfocused

Adjective

1. (of an image) not in or brought into focus; "at their edges things were pretty much out of focus".

2. Not concentrated at one point or upon one objective; "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister.

Date "unfocused" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references)

Synonyms: Unfocused

Synonyms: out of focus (adj), unfocussed (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: focused (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Unfocused

English words defined with "unfocused": absent, absentminded, abstracted ♦ scatty ♦ unfocussed. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Unfocused Reality (1994)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Bush	1989-1993	We must bring in the generations, harnessing the unused talent of the elderly and the unfocused energy of the young.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unfocused" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unfocused" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	86	35,638

Expressions using "unfocused": focused vs unfocused focussed ♦ unfocused unfocussed. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "unfocused"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		unkoordiniert (uncoordinated, unfocussed). (various references)

Pig Latin		ocusedunfay

Spanish		sin objetivo (aimless, objectless, purposeless), que carece de dirección, nada concreto, desenfocado. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Unfocused" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unbonussed, unconcise, unfigured. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unfocused" (pronounced unfō"kust)
6	-f ō" k u s t	focused, focussed, refocused.
5	-ō" k u s t	locust.
4	-k u s t	anarchist, blackest, bleakest, darkest, masochist, quickest, sickest, sleekest, slickest, thickest, weakest.
3	-u s t	ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-f-n-o-s-u-u"
	-1 letter: confused.
	-2 letters: confuse, defocus, focused, fondues, unfused.
	-3 letters: codens, dunces, escudo, fecund, fondue, fondus, founds, fucose, fucous, fundus, ounces, second, secund, undoes, unused.
	-4 letters: coden, codes, coeds, coned, cones, conus, coude, decos, douce, douse, duces, dunce, dunes, fends, feods, feuds, focus, fonds, fondu, found, fucus, funds, fused, nodes, nodus, nosed, nudes, onces, ounce, scend.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-f-n-o-s-u-u"
	+1 letter: unconfused, unfocussed.
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