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blurred

/blɝd/ adjective B2
  1. Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged. · blurred image· blurred video
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It was thickly coated with soot from the passing engines, but the black surface was blurred and rubbed in places.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 31 · B2
There were, as he had said, marks upon the bed, but they were hopelessly blurred and vague.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 86 · B2
The occupants had evidently retired to rest, for all was dark save for a fanlight over the hall door, which shed a single blurred circle on to the garden path.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 87 · C1
My first impression as I opened the door was that a fire had broken out, for the room was so filled with smoke that the light of the lamp upon the table was blurred by it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 30 · C1

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