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- adjective not
subtle ;obvious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking subtlety; obvious
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Examples
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Most hieght jokes are fairly unsubtle like, "Do you reach ALL the way to the ground?" kind of unsubtle, and I am sure it wasn't that.
I go for EEG, Linda becomes Sigourney Weaver, I muse about P.E./Gym class and my NEW PLAN Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Yet at the same time, Mr. O'Connor was blunt in his assessment of the long-term prospects for Afghanistan, using the kind of unsubtle language that has got him into political hot water before.
No military problem with extending Kandahar mission/MND stands firm 2007
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Yet at the same time, Mr. O'Connor was blunt in his assessment of the long-term prospects for Afghanistan, using the kind of unsubtle language that has got him into political hot water before.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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Also magazine review describes sound as "unsubtle".
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Also magazine review describes sound as "unsubtle".
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[Rating is for 11-17 year olds; adults may find the book too didactic and unsubtle for their tastes.] (*****)
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[Rating is for 11-17 year olds; adults may find the book too didactic and unsubtle for their tastes.] (*****)
History 2010
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[Rating is for 11-17 year olds; adults may find the book too didactic and unsubtle for their tastes.] (*****)
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[Rating is for 11-17 year olds; adults may find the book too didactic and unsubtle for their tastes.] (*****)
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[Rating is for 11-17 year olds; adults may find the book too didactic and unsubtle for their tastes.] (*****)
Russia 2009
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