🌫️ Blurriness ✂️ Dullness

unsharpness

6.7

Lack of clear detail that makes pictures or thoughts hard to understand

noun
/ʌnˈʃɑrp.nəs/

: desenfoque

The unsharpness of the image made it difficult to identify the subject clearly.

Examples

The use of lens aperture to control sharpness and unsharpness is a very powerful tool at our disposal.

Academic text (2003)
This technique, called scan-equalization radiography, is designed to control statistical unsharpness.

Academic text (1995)
Due to the unsharpness of his thoughts, he struggled to convey his ideas effectively.
The photographer adjusted the focus to eliminate the unsharpness that blurred the details.

Synonyms

blur

vsunsharpness

80 4.2

A hazy image or memory that is hard to see clearly

covers that same hazy quality but as an overall state

fuzz

vsunsharpness

3 6.4

A feeling of not seeing or remembering things clearly

is the general notion of lacking sharpness or precise focus

blurriness

vsunsharpness

2 4.5

A lack of clear detail in what you see or in a picture

is the broader quality applying to images, perception, and thought

fuzziness

vsunsharpness

1 5.8

A blurry picture or idea hard to see and understand

focuses more generally on the state of being unclear or unfocused

fogginess

vsunsharpness

1 4.4

A feeling of being confused and slow to think

is the general absence of sharpness not tied to weather or fog

obscurity

vsunsharpness

1 6.9

Dark or dim so things are hard to see

covers unclear appearance for many reasons, not only poor lighting

murkiness

vsunsharpness

1 5.9

Cloudy darkness that makes it hard to see through water or air

is the general quality of lacking focus across senses and thought

indistinctness

vsunsharpness

1 7.0

Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear

is the same idea but framed as the overall quality of unclear perception

defocus

vsunsharpness

1 7.4

A photo or view that is blurry and not clear

is broader, covering any reason for lack of clarity, not only focus

gauziness

vsunsharpness

1 8.2

A vague, blurry quality that makes things hard to see or remember

is the concrete quality of lacking sharpness in sight or thought

furriness

vsunsharpness

5.4

A soft, blurred effect in a picture or recording that makes details unclear

refers to the general absence of sharpness across senses and thought

unclarity

vsunsharpness

7.5

A cloudy state in water or a photo that makes it hard to see through

applies more widely to unclear perception beyond mainly physical cloudiness

obscureness

vsunsharpness

7.9

Darkness or low light that makes things hard to see

is broader and includes blur from focus or general vagueness

Antonyms

sharpness

5 3.2

How clear and detailed an image or sound appears

How Clear

clarity

181 3.0

unsharpness

6.7

fuzziness

1 5.8

Surface Forms

unsharpness singular

unsharpnesses plural

Morphology

unsharpness = unsharp (transparent) = un + sharp + ness

Formed by the productive negating prefix 'un-' on 'sharp' and the noun-forming suffix '-ness', so the meaning is directly predictable from the components.

Etymology

Unsharpness is easy to remember: it is made of un- meaning 'not', sharp meaning 'clear', and -ness meaning 'the quality of'. So unsharpness is the 'quality of not being clear', like a blurry photo or a fuzzy idea.