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unsharp

adj, verb — 3 senses

unsharp

adj

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”).

› Not sharp.

1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Out of focus; blurry.

2

Dulled or intentionally blunt.

  • an unsharp tool
Synonyms
nonsharp
Antonyms
sharp, crisp
Derived terms
unsharpness

unsharp

verb

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”).

1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.

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