blurry
adj/ˈblɜːɹi/
Etymology From blur + -y.
1
Of an image Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
- If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry.
- CNN spoke recently with several Conyers residents who said they still have blurry vision, shortness of breath, throat irritation or chronic headaches since the chemical plant fire.2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
2
Figuratively Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
- It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harassment has become quite blurry.
- when it comes to the future of war, the line between science fiction and industrial fact is often blurry.2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023:
- Derived terms
- blurrily, blurriness, nonblurry, unblurry