blunt
Example Sentences
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"There's been a growing realisation that the state is excessively willing and unapologetically willing to wield a blunt hammer," says Cheema.
From BBC
The “Romeo + Juliet” and “Moulin Rouge!” acting veteran, who is Latino, on Wednesday issued a brief and blunt Instagram video message to followers who also support the immigration agency.
From Los Angeles Times
Lee Parkinson, otherwise known as Mr P, a primary school teacher in Manchester with half a million Facebook followers, says fines can be a bit of a "blunt tool".
From BBC
The U.S. has Patriot and Thaad antimissile systems stationed throughout the region and is bringing in more, which could help blunt any Iranian attack.
But time and again the poisonous isolation that absolute power imposes on its wielders blunted the edge of their insight and degraded the capacity of their societies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
