unsubtle

Example Sentences

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Paramount’s pitch to the Warner board has been unsubtle: guaranteed smooth regulatory sailing and a quick payout for long-abused Warner shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

That is an unsubtle pitch for an unsubtle historical moment.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

So to me, being unsubtle, as you said, was really trying to show the world that our society is still so unsubtle about this.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

As the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg writes, it was a very public and unsubtle hint: Moscow was open to doing a deal.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

A writer might think that it’s unsubtle to announce the topic in so many words, as in “This paper is about hamsters.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker