blunt
Example Sentences
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Mason recalled the blunt conversation he had with his managing directors around that time.
That blunted the edge of his grief a little.
From Literature
“It’s because governments usually resort to blunt instruments, opting for the bludgeon of sweeping tariffs and subsidies over the scalpel of industrial parks and skills development programs.”
"It might have sunk without a ripple," Deighton later recalled, "but it did very well, because the critics used me as a blunt instrument to beat Ian Fleming over the head."
From BBC
This perhaps helps to explain why some responses have been fairly blunt.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
