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"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "elmosódott"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "homályos"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "néjasen",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "не́јасен"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "makaro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "pōrehurehu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "pūrehurehu"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "uklar"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "uklar"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "uklår"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
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"word": "rozmyty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "desfocado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerezkij",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "нерезкий"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "suddig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "otydlig"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "not clear; unfocused",
"word": "bàìbàì"
}
],
"word": "fuzzy"
}
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"Rhymes:English/ʌzi",
"Rhymes:English/ʌzi/2 syllables",
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"word": "warm fuzzy"
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "You've got a fuzzy on your coat."
}
],
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"A very small piece of plush material."
],
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],
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},
{
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2000, Kim Schilling, Ferrets for Dummies, New York: Wiley, page 1",
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{
"ref": "2010, Donald Barr, Questioning the Premedical Paradigm: Enhancing Diversity in the Medical Profession a Century after the Flexner Report, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, page 2",
"text": "A \"fuzzy\" on the other hand is a \"people person,\" — someone who prefers studying the humanities or social sciences, someone who sees the world in broad contextual terms.",
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{
"rhymes": "-ʌzi"
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