: characterized by dimness, indistinctness, or obscurity
the blurred names on the gravestones
: lacking clarity or sharpness : blurry
a blurred photograph
blurred vision
blurredly
adverb
I am being lifted into the air—and even as I pant and stare blurredly, limply, mindlessly, a map appears, of the dark ground where I ran …
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Harold Brodkey
Harold Brodkey
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Meanwhile, the right shoe starts with a black pigskin suede base and mixes in blurred and distorted details to represent the pixelated side.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The blurred line between natural and economic emergencies has never been thinner.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
In Aspinall’s case, reports from the attending doctor showed no external trauma to the right eye but noted blurred vision and burning pain when exposed to light.
—Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The blurred line between natural and economic emergencies has never been thinner.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
In Aspinall’s case, reports from the attending doctor showed no external trauma to the right eye but noted blurred vision and burning pain when exposed to light.
—Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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