laser-focused

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. Very intensely focused; hyperfocused.
    • 2019, Katrin Davidsdottir; Rory McKernan, Dottir: My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 2015, Marc Ecko, Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 30:
      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 ...
    • 2017, Michael Barr, Cloyce Box, 6'4" and Bulletproof, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 117:
      He was laser focused with an unusual ability to tune out distractions. He was a perfectionist and super attentive to detail. Box was also an ex-marine who ...
    • 2022 May 17, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Retail sales rise for the fourth straight month as prices keep climbing.”, in The New York Times:
      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.

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