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🔍 To direct wrongly 🔍 Wrong attention 📷 To blur
to misfocus

to misfocus

7.4
To make a photo or image blurry by not adjusting the camera lens
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈfoʊkəs/
  • Specialized
: desenfocar
  • The photographer accidentally misfocused the lens, ruining the perfect shot.

Examples

  • If you misfocus the camera, the image will be blurry.

  • It is easy to misfocus when adjusting the microscope for the first time.

  • Don't misfocus the camera!

  • Please misfocus less during the shoot.

  • If you misfocus the camera, the image will be blurry.

  • The photographer accidentally misfocused the lens, ruining the perfect shot.

  • It is easy to misfocus when adjusting the microscope for the first time.

Synonyms

to blur
vsto misfocus
3 3.7

To lose focus so that things look unclear

is focusing wrongly rather than simply having vision lose clarity
to unfocus
vsto misfocus
1 7.4

To make your eyes or attention less clear

is a wrong focusing action that makes an image unclear or not sharp

Antonyms

to focus
  • Specialized
45 3.8

To make an image or light clear and sharp

How Sharp

to sharpen
23 3.1
to focus
  • Specialized
45 3.8
to misfocus
  • Specialized
7.4
to blur
90 3.6

Surface Forms

misfocus infinitive
misfocused past
misfocused past participle
misfocusing present participle
misfocuses third person singular

Morphology

misfocus = focus (transparent) = mis + focus

The formation 'mis-' + 'focus' clearly denotes 'focusing incorrectly' in optical contexts; learners familiar with camera vocabulary will find this straightforward.

Etymology

Misfocus is made of mis- ('wrong') and focus ('sharpness' or 'clear point'), so when you misfocus a camera or lens the picture becomes blurry because the focus is in the wrong place.