unblur

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verb

To remove blurring from (an image).

“The police unblurred the suspect's photograph when the injunction against revealing his identity was lifted.”

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Meanings

verbunblur (third-person singular simple present unblurs, present participle unblurring, simple past and past participle unblurred)

present singular third person unblurs · participle present unblurring · participle past unblurred · past unblurred

  1. transitiveTo remove blurring from (an image).

    The police unblurred the suspect's photograph when the injunction against revealing his identity was lifted.

    1 more example

    It's actually doing a reasonable job of unblurring the artificially blurred image with only a few defects. The Motion Blur option is using a deconvolution algorithm to reverse the effects of the convolution […]

    2009, Bruce Fraser, Jeff Schewe, Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom

Origin

From un- + blur.

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APA

unblur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblur

MLA

“unblur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unblur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unblur.

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