unsharp
adjective, verb
unsharp is spelled U-N-S-H-A-R-P: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unsharp means “Out of focus; blurry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unsharp?
| Letters | 7: U-N-S-H-A-R-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unsharp?
Unsharp appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of unsharp
- more unsharp comparative
- most unsharp superlative
- unsharps present, singular, he/she/it
- unsharping participle, present
- unsharped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unsharp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Out of focus; blurry.
- 2
Dulled or intentionally blunt.
an unsharp tool
verb
- 1
To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unsharp come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).