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unsharp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
un-sharp
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not sharp.

adj

Not sharp.

verb

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

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: un
  • Root: *unscharp, unsċearp, *unskarp, *unskarpaz

Usage

Inflected Forms

more unsharp (comparative) most unsharp (superlative) unsharps (present, singular) unsharping (participle, present) unsharped (participle, past) unsharped (past)

Derived Forms

unsharpness

Synonyms

nonsharp

Antonyms

sharp crisp

Questions

What does unsharp mean?
Not sharp.
Where does unsharp come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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