fuzzed

Became soft-edged

Fuzzed is the past tense of fuzz, meaning to make fuzzy or indistinct.

Audio or images can be fuzzed to obscure them: The faces were fuzzed out to protect identities.

In software testing, fuzzed refers to data that has been deliberately corrupted or randomized to find bugs: We fuzzed the inputs to stress-test the parser.

audio

static

Without motion or change

hum · hiss · interference · distortion · garbled · muffled · crackling · transmission · signal · frequency

visual

blurred

Indistinct, lacking clarity

indistinct · foggy · softened · unfocused · smeared · obscured · dim · bleary · pixelated · grainy

conceptual

vague

Unclear, ill-defined

muddled · imprecise · uncertain · indefinite · hazy · approximate · rough · sketchy · ill-defined · loose

security

obfuscated

Made deliberately unclear

redacted · masked · scrambled · encrypted · testing · input · vulnerability · penetration · automated · mutation

Opposites
visual clarity/sharpness

fuzzedsharpened

Made more cutting

focused · crisp · clear · sharp · defined

surface texture

fuzzedsmooth

Without roughness or difficulty

hairless · bare · sleek · bald · polished

mental clarity

fuzzedclearheaded

Mentally focused and rational

sober · lucid · clear-headed · sharp · levelheaded

Phrases
Family

fuzzy, fuzz, fuzziness, fuzzes, fuzzing

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G