blurry

adjective

blur·​ry ˈblər-ē How to pronounce blurry (audio)
blurrier; blurriest
Synonyms of blurrynext
: lacking definition or focus
blurrily adverb
blurriness noun

Examples of blurry in a Sentence

a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph
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The arguments in Madigan’s case had a familiar ring in a state where the line between legal politics and bribery has always seemed a blurry one. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 But the law does not make finding the cause for wrecks less blurry. Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026 Just the same, the flip side of this is that baseball is notoriously fickle and often deceptive from one day to the next, with the line between coincidence and trend ever-blurry. Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026 No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images. Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blurry

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blurry was in 1757

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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurry. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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