blunt
Example Sentences
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However, an open letter signed by more than 140 academics, campaigners and other experts cautioned that a ban would be "too blunt an instrument".
From Barron's
Cava’s Schulman is blunt about the stakes: “No deal, no discount, no marketing campaign can get you out of bad operations. If people have bad experiences, they’re not going to come back.”
Europeans have striven this year to maintain U.S. backing for Ukraine—or at least blunt a reduction in U.S. support.
Lancaster University warned the scheme may be "too blunt an instrument to successfully support young people into secure and sustained employment".
From BBC
Back in Sioux City, mechanic Robert Dobney, 57, was more blunt.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
