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单词 unsubtle
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Definition of unsubtle in English:

unsubtle

adjectiveʌnˈsʌt(ə)lˌənˈsəd(ə)l
  • Not subtle; obvious; clumsy.

    不精巧微妙的;明了的;拙笨的

    a grindingly unsubtle joke

    让人难受的粗俗玩笑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From Woolamaloo (not to be confused with the Sydney Surburb with a similar name), comes a few megabytes of extremely unsubtle double entendre.
    • At the risk of making racist generalisations, why is it that Europeans and Americans are so clumsy and unsubtle and appear to be such galumphing oafs in diplomacy?
    • Mighty Times has its moments, but the too-clever-by-half style unsubtle style overwhelms and bludgeons its strong subject matter.
    • You strain to make this out through a thicket of orange loops that give a subtle texture and an unsubtle effervescence to the canvas, which looks ready to bounce off the wall.
    • Moreover, ask women who have served on hiring committees with men whether or not discrimination, subtle or unsubtle, occurs in searches.
    • Here many of his latter-day adherents do him a disservice, using unsubtle approximations of his logic to produce crude statements about power and language.
    • They give us the broadest, roughest, most unsubtle guides imaginable.
    • Heavy-handed and unsubtle, it tends to detract annoyingly from, rather than enhance, changes in mood.
    • He takes on the conservative American media on its own terms: shrill, unsubtle, sometimes cruel, not always accurate.
    • Love spells are on the whole rather unsubtle, heavy handed pieces of work and they're usually born out of desperation.
    • Mambo Italiano has its share of very funny moments, but they are trapped in a production whose drama is unsubtle, obvious, and at times downright insipid.
    • It was increasingly difficult to ignore the subtle and unsubtle ways that Juno managers at all levels were screwing up.
    • However, it will take discipline and imagination, as well as some pretty crude and unsubtle politics.
    • Basically, I and my better half both felt that it was a staggeringly unsubtle rendering of themes far more subtly dealt with in films like Grosse Point Blank, and even the Incredibles.
    • Sometimes unsubtle, though also often very clever in their insidious subtleties, they voice the frustration many people have with mainstream politics.
    • They can camouflage themselves as suave mandarins, defending their unsubtle attempts at censoring an international festival of documentary cinema.
    • Honest and heartfelt though these sentiments may be, this sort of unsubtle, soapbox writing has no place in a work purporting to be serious literature.
    • The latter included a vast array outlining the horrors of both Japanese and American imperialism, with remarkably blunt and unsubtle titles.
    • This was popular among younger contributors, and was clean fun, though it may sound rather unsubtle to our older ears.
    • The unsubtle way that this obvious tearjerker attempts to align us against the corporation is almost unbearable.
    Synonyms
    insensitive, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, indelicate, undiplomatic, impolitic, indiscreet, clumsy, heavy-handed, graceless, awkward, unpolished, inept, bungling, maladroit, gauche, undiscerning, unsophisticated

Derivatives

  • unsubtly

  • adverbʌnˈsʌt(ə)liˌənˈsəd(ə)li
    • Although much of what he has to say is unsubtly crowbarred in at the end of the film, it is enough to ensure that a multitude of thoughts and opinions linger long after the film has ended.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But the point can be made so frequently and unsubtly - and even ham-handedly - by the convention organisers that it frequently assumes something of the character of self-caricature.
      • On the eve of the vote, an exhibit of Anne Frank memorabilia was brought to town and high school students were asked, unsubtly, to draw parallels to examples of intolerance in their community.
      • The still-life arrangement of gold and snake on the table somewhat unsubtly prompted the audience to recognize the performance as a tableau vivant in which a process of active but hermetic mental transformation was taking place.
      • Forget the Parthenon and the Acropolis; these days the Patriot Missile launchers unsubtly stationed across the city are the tourist sites du jour.

Definition of unsubtle in US English:

unsubtle

adjectiveˌənˈsəd(ə)lˌənˈsəd(ə)l
  • Not subtle; obvious; clumsy.

    不精巧微妙的;明了的;拙笨的

    a grindingly unsubtle joke

    让人难受的粗俗玩笑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Honest and heartfelt though these sentiments may be, this sort of unsubtle, soapbox writing has no place in a work purporting to be serious literature.
    • Moreover, ask women who have served on hiring committees with men whether or not discrimination, subtle or unsubtle, occurs in searches.
    • Sometimes unsubtle, though also often very clever in their insidious subtleties, they voice the frustration many people have with mainstream politics.
    • From Woolamaloo (not to be confused with the Sydney Surburb with a similar name), comes a few megabytes of extremely unsubtle double entendre.
    • Basically, I and my better half both felt that it was a staggeringly unsubtle rendering of themes far more subtly dealt with in films like Grosse Point Blank, and even the Incredibles.
    • Here many of his latter-day adherents do him a disservice, using unsubtle approximations of his logic to produce crude statements about power and language.
    • Mighty Times has its moments, but the too-clever-by-half style unsubtle style overwhelms and bludgeons its strong subject matter.
    • It was increasingly difficult to ignore the subtle and unsubtle ways that Juno managers at all levels were screwing up.
    • Mambo Italiano has its share of very funny moments, but they are trapped in a production whose drama is unsubtle, obvious, and at times downright insipid.
    • At the risk of making racist generalisations, why is it that Europeans and Americans are so clumsy and unsubtle and appear to be such galumphing oafs in diplomacy?
    • They give us the broadest, roughest, most unsubtle guides imaginable.
    • They can camouflage themselves as suave mandarins, defending their unsubtle attempts at censoring an international festival of documentary cinema.
    • You strain to make this out through a thicket of orange loops that give a subtle texture and an unsubtle effervescence to the canvas, which looks ready to bounce off the wall.
    • Love spells are on the whole rather unsubtle, heavy handed pieces of work and they're usually born out of desperation.
    • He takes on the conservative American media on its own terms: shrill, unsubtle, sometimes cruel, not always accurate.
    • This was popular among younger contributors, and was clean fun, though it may sound rather unsubtle to our older ears.
    • Heavy-handed and unsubtle, it tends to detract annoyingly from, rather than enhance, changes in mood.
    • However, it will take discipline and imagination, as well as some pretty crude and unsubtle politics.
    • The latter included a vast array outlining the horrors of both Japanese and American imperialism, with remarkably blunt and unsubtle titles.
    • The unsubtle way that this obvious tearjerker attempts to align us against the corporation is almost unbearable.
    Synonyms
    insensitive, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, indelicate, undiplomatic, impolitic, indiscreet, clumsy, heavy-handed, graceless, awkward, unpolished, inept, bungling, maladroit, gauche, undiscerning, unsophisticated
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