blunt
Example Sentences
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Pretending otherwise forces the Fed to compensate with blunt instruments that carry their own costs.
From Barron's
The press had found their star in the blunt old man determined to stay by his mountain.
From Literature
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Gibson Smith, founder of Smith Capital Investors, was even more blunt.
From Barron's
Christopher stared about him for any sign of a woman with a fishing rod, but instead, over the edge of the boat there came a squirrel the size of a cat, with a blunt horn.
From Literature
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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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.