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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
oversharpen .
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Examples
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Perhaps, indeed, she was too quick, with her wit oversharpened by her uneasy conscience.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892
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The green background and the green of his eyes tie so nicely together, and I love that the photo isn't touched up (see chapped lips) or oversharpened.
The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed Ree 2010
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Out of camera JPGs were a notch above those from many competitive cameras, which are typically oversaturated and almost always oversharpened … Fast lens, great lens, solid build, decent IQ, smooth handling - what more can one want from a pocket camera in this price range.
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For A clean, sharp (not oversharpened) source set smaller parameter.
Doom9's Forum EuropeanMan 2010
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Out of camera JPGs were a notch above those from many competitive cameras, which are typically oversaturated and almost always oversharpened … Fast lens, great lens, solid build, decent IQ, smooth handling - what more can one want from a pocket camera in this price range.
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The green background and the green of his eyes tie so nicely together, and I love that the photo isn't touched up (see chapped lips) or oversharpened.
The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed Ree 2010
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The green background and the green of his eyes tie so nicely together, and I love that the photo isn't touched up (see chapped lips) or oversharpened.
The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed Ree 2010
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After being oversharpened and having the colors blown out, meh ....
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The green background and the green of his eyes tie so nicely together, and I love that the photo isn't touched up (see chapped lips) or oversharpened.
The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed Ree 2010
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Shot in JPEG, not RAW, and oversharpened a bit, but the image quality is quite good.
Planet GNOME Robert Love 2010
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