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smudgy

[smuhj-ee] / ˈsmʌdʒ i /
ADJECTIVE
streaky
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This is especially apparent in Act Two, when the cramped stage renders the comic choreography smudgy.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2025

The cookies had stuck to one another, and when I pried them apart, I was left with smudgy cookies with sad, pink bald spots showing through the coating.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2022

He even recruits Fleet Foxes, who more than a decade ago brought a keening shimmer to roots-friendly indie rock, making music that was epiphanic and smudgy, and a little grating.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2022

Grid View Photos in bright daylight look fine, and even moderately low light images look good enough for social media, though images in very low light are a smudgy mess of noise reduction.

From The Verge Feb. 2, 2022

Danny pressed his hands on the surface, leaving behind smudgy fingerprints.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

A cloud no larger and smudgier than a high-school boy's hand had dropped its first shadow between them.

From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst

I can spot the smudgiest bus and the most hidden car with ease.

From The Verge May 23, 2021




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