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laser-focused

laser-focused adjective: very intensely focused; hyperfocused.

Adjective

laser-focused (comparative more laser-focused, superlative most laser-focused)

  1. Very intensely focused; hyperfocused.
    • My body was loose, but my mind was laser focused. I thought about Ben's advice, and his words echoed in my head as we started the event.2019, Katrin Davidsdottir, Rory McKernan, Dottir: My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN
    • I was laser focused though, and this was a new feeling. (I don't know that anyone is laser focused in life until he or she has a stake in the fate of the ...2015, Marc Ecko, Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 30

Examples of laser-focused in a sentence

  • Economists are laser-focused on upcoming reports on spending because they serve as indicators of how consumers are grappling with inflation and higher interest rates.2022 May 17, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Retail sales rise for the fourth straight month as prices keep climbing.”, in The New York Times:
  • In [Niels Pedersen] Mols' work, a dog sits alone on the beach with its back towards us, apparently laser-focused on the figure swimming in the ocean.2025 October 25, Enuma Okoro, “First steps towards a new reality”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd....
  • The takeaway was clear:[…] Republicans needed to stay laser-focused.2026 February 20, Tyler Pager, “Trump Has a Head-Spinning Day, but Republicans Want Him to Focus”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms of laser-focused

comparativemore laser-focused
superlativemost laser-focused

Origin of laser-focused

From laser focus + -ed or laser + focused; from the precise straightness of a laser beam.

Questions about laser-focused

What does laser-focused mean?
Laser-focused means very intensely focused; hyperfocused.
How do you use laser-focused in a sentence?
Economists are laser-focused on upcoming reports on spending because they serve as indicators of how consumers are grappling with inflation and higher interest rates.
What part of speech is laser-focused?
Laser-focused is an adjective.

Words near laser-focused in the dictionary

  1. laser typeset
  2. laser typesets
  3. laser typesetting
  4. laser whip
  5. laser whips
  6. laser-focused
  7. laser-gun
  8. laser-guns
  9. laser-like
  10. laser-plasma accelerator
  11. laser-plasma accelerators

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