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Definition: Out Of Focus |
Out Of FocusAdjective1. (of an image) not in or brought into focus; "at their edges things were pretty much out of focus". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Out Of FocusSynonyms: unfocused (adj), unfocussed (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: focused (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Out Of Focus |
| Specialty definitions using "out of focus": Purkinje figure, Purkinje image. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My hocus-pocus is out of focus. (Dungeons & Dragons; writing credit: Katherine Lawrence) | |
Clever | You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | In & Out of Focus (2002) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Prickly Pear in focus with Canyon Background out of focus. Credit: Beth Perault. | A cliff face out of focus in the background, with a tree in focus in the foreground. Credit: Christine Tincher. | ||
![]() | 1901 glider soaring, photograph from an out of focus, water-damaged negative. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "out of focus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i paqartë (abstract, dark, dim, doubtful, dubious, dusky, evasive, inarticulate, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, muddy, nebulous, obscure, recondite, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undistinguishable, undistinguished, unknowable, unreadable, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onscherp (blurred, fuzzy, non-sharp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nuageux, imprécis, flou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unscharf (blank, blurred, dim, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, murky, unclear, unprimed, unsharp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem éles (kép) (to be out of focus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfocato (blurred, fuzzy, hazy, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 的外れ (miss the mark, off the point), "ロ燐酸 (from the best to the worst, off the point, pin, pyrophosphoric acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "ンぼけ (off the point), まとはずれ (miss the mark, off the point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outay ofay ocusfay oskarp (indistinct). (various references) odak ayarı bozuk, flu (blurred), bulanık (blurred, blurry, clouded, cloudy, cloudyly, dim, filmy, foggy, hazy, indistinct, mackled, misty, muddy, murky, troubled, turbid), ayarsız (off-key, out of whack). (various references) не у фокусі. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-f-o-o-o-s-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: cutoffs, offcuts. | |
-4 letters: cutoff, fucous, offcut. | |
-5 letters: coffs, coofs, coots, cuffs, focus, foots, fucus, scoff, scoot, scout, scuff, stuff, toffs, tofus, tuffs. | |
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