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unfocus

unfocus verb: to bring out of focus.

Verb

unfocus (third-person singular simple present unfocuses or unfocusses, present participle unfocusing or unfocussing, simple past and past participle unfocused or unfocussed)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of focus.
    • Pancake writes: “If you can unfocus your eyes right — and Corey can — wading the creek is like walking the aisle of a Wal-Mart made for Corey, with all the price tags saying free.”2007 October 14, Jack Pendarvis, “Buried Alive”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To move the input focus away from.
    • to unfocus a window
    Synonyms:
    blur

Synonyms of unfocus

Forms of unfocus

third-person singular presentunfocuses
third-person singular presentunfocusses
present participleunfocusing
present participleunfocussing
past participleunfocused
pastunfocused
past participleunfocussed
pastunfocussed

Origin of unfocus

From un- + focus.

Questions about unfocus

What does unfocus mean?
Unfocus means to bring out of focus.
What part of speech is unfocus?
Unfocus is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfocus?
The past tense of unfocus is unfocused.

Words near unfocus in the dictionary

  1. unflying
  2. unfoaled
  3. unfoam
  4. unfoaming
  5. unfocalized
  6. unfocus
  7. unfocusable
  8. unfocused
  9. unfocuses
  10. unfocusing
  11. unfocussable

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