0 (of a mark, etc.) having no particular shape, or without clear edges:
There was a smudgy photograph, apparently taken at a party, which showed them together.
The mascara always gets smudgy.
They worry that their fingerpints might leave smudgy marks on the glass.
He pulls a satellite photo up on his screen and points to a big, dark, smudgy blob in the corner.
The smudgy and imprecise charcoal drawings were particularly effective in conveying the efforts of a hand (a hesitating one) struggling to fix certain patterns.
Some figures and tables have been reduced so much that the lettering is almost unreadable or is smudgy, and the detail of line drawings is lost.
Although it is a magnificent atlas, it has smudgy road maps.
To avoid getting a final product with a smudgy or lumpy look, it must be ensured that the amount of ink on the printing plate is not excessive.
Immatures have less black than all adult plumages, normally marked with a white chin and throat, a black malar stripe and a broad smudgy black breast-band.
