misfocus
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈfoʊkəs/
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desenfoque
- The presentation fell flat due to a misfocus on irrelevant details instead of the main argument.
Examples
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The team's misfocus on minor issues prevented them from addressing the critical problems.
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Her misfocus during the discussion led to misunderstandings about the project's goals.
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The lens position is controlled by a servomechanism in order to minimize the misfocus.
Academic text (1996) -
One might think that such massive attention to the material world of and around Cervantes's fiction was deaf to recurrent cautionary notes in the author's own treatment of a fundamental misfocus in such approaches to the imaginative worlds of literature.
Academic text (2003) -
It was a Sigma 50mm 1.4, and knowing the misfocus issues Sigma has had in the past, it's very likely that it needed micro-adjustment, which they probably didn't do.
Blog text (7)
Synonyms
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An action that draws attention away from something important
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Misfocus comes from the prefix mis- ('wrong'), like in mistake, and focus ('center of attention'). It describes a situation where attention or effort goes to the wrong person or issue, which is why a misfocus can delay work or cause problems.