Dictionary

unsharp en · 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”).

Meanings

1. Not sharp. ▸ Out of focus; blurry.
2. Not sharp. ▸ Dulled or intentionally blunt.
   • an unsharp tool

Forms

Antonyms

crisp · sharp

Deriveds

unsharpness

Synonyms

nonsharp

Translations (3)

nb uskarp (not sharp) · nn uskarp (not sharp) · da uskarp (not sharp)

unsharp en · 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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.

Forms