unsharp
unsharp · more unsharp · most unsharp
Not sharpNot sharp.: Out of focus; blurry.
Meaning
2 sensesNot sharp.
Out of focus; blurry.
Dulled or intentionally blunt.
an unsharp tool
Origin
From Middle English *unscharp, from Old English unsċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *unskarFrom 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”).
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Forms
more unsharp, most unsharp| Comparative | more unsharp Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most unsharp Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedunsharpness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form