unsharp

Not sharp.

Adjective

  1. Not sharp.

    1. (computer graphics) Out of focus; blurry.

    2. Dulled or intentionally blunt.

      • an unsharp tool

Origin

From Middle English *unscharp, from Old English unsċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *unskarp, from Proto-Germanic *unskarpaz, equivalent to un- + sharp. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunskäärp (“unsharp”), West Frisian ûnskerp (“unsharp”), Dutch onscherp (“unsharp”), German Low German unscharp (“unsharp”), German unscharf (“unsharp”), Danish uskarp (“unsharp”), Swedish oskarp (“unsharp”), Norwegian uskarp (“unsharp”).

Forms

more unsharp most unsharp

Synonyms

nonsharp

Antonyms

sharp crisp

Derived

unsharpness

Verb

  1. To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.

Forms

unsharps unsharping unsharped