English

Adjective

unsmooth ‎(not comparable)

1. Not smooth; rough.
   • 2009 March 5, Kohsuke Inomata et al., “High-resolution multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy of proteins in human cells”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7234, DOI:10.1038/nature07839:

     In contrast, treatment with the uncleavable Alexa-labelled Ub-3A-G75A/G76A–CPP Tat resulted in an unsmooth and heterogeneous pattern of fluorescence in the cells, with intense staining of cytoplasmic components and nucleoli.

Antonyms

• smooth

Verb

unsmooth ‎(third-person singular simple present unsmooths, present participle unsmoothing, simple past and past participle unsmoothed)

1. (transitive) To make no longer smooth; to roughen or furrow.
   • 1882, W. Marshall, Strange Chapman (volume 2, page 170)

     Her face gathers, furrows, glooms; arching eyebrows wrinkle into horizontals, and a tinge of bitterness unsmooths the cheek and robs the lip of sweetened grace. She is evidently perturbed.