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unfocussing

unfocussing is the present participle and gerund of unfocus.

Meaning of unfocus

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

Questions about unfocussing

What is unfocussing the present participle and gerund of?
Unfocussing is the present participle and gerund of unfocus.

Words near unfocussing in the dictionary

  1. unfocuses
  2. unfocusing
  3. unfocussable
  4. unfocussed
  5. unfocusses
  6. unfocussing
  7. unfog
  8. unfogged
  9. unfogging
  10. unfoggy
  11. unfogs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfocussing (page history and authors); unfocus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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