1. the quality or state of being smudged or blurred

Examples

• The smudginess of the fingerprints made them difficult to analyze.
• She wiped the window to remove the smudginess from the glass.
• The artist was frustrated by the smudginess of her charcoal drawing.
• The old photograph’s smudginess gave it a mysterious quality.
• He complained about the smudginess of his glasses after cleaning them.
• The smudginess of the ink made the document hard to read.