: 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
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 May 2026
Increasingly, the lines appear more and more blurred.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Underneath the eyes, her cheeks were dressed in baby pink, blurred blush, while her lips were lined in a cool stone-taupe hue.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
Those lines have been more than blurred.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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