unsharp
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English
Etymology
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”).
Adjective
unsharp (comparative more unsharp, superlative most unsharp)
- Not sharp, as:
- (imaging, graphics) out of focus; blurry.
- (tools) dulled or intentionally blunt.
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Verb
unsharp (third-person singular simple present unsharps, present participle unsharping, simple past and past participle unsharped)
- (transitive, imaging, graphics) To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with unsharpen.