as in thoughtless
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Recent Examples of unsubtle
The fight between racists and antiracists has been described as clashes, an unsubtle implication that this is a war of equals with both sides having legitimate concerns.
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Banseka Kayembe, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2024
Swift is known for littering her looks with Easter eggs for fans, but this look is an unsubtle show of support for Kelce, no doubt about it.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2025
Amid all this, cryptocurrency assets are skyrocketing in value thanks to Trump’s unsubtle promises to nix regulation of an industry that also funneled millions into his comeback.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
His robot had been programmed to display unsubtle emotions: happy face, sad face, surprised face.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
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Banseka Kayembe, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2024
Swift is known for littering her looks with Easter eggs for fans, but this look is an unsubtle show of support for Kelce, no doubt about it.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2025
Amid all this, cryptocurrency assets are skyrocketing in value thanks to Trump’s unsubtle promises to nix regulation of an industry that also funneled millions into his comeback.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
His robot had been programmed to display unsubtle emotions: happy face, sad face, surprised face.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsubtle
Adjective
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As has happened so often with the Trump White House’s thoughtless policy decisions, this one was reversed a day later.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Others might tear mercilessly into someone though the criticism is based principally on thoughtless emotional baggage and has no true bearing on the matter at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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On the dark side, Mercury in Sagittarius can be overly blunt and tactless in communication.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rian Johnson’s intricate script thrived on detailed dissections of its rich and awful suspects, including plenty of pointed jabs at Hudson’s oblivious model and tactless brand ambassador — two titles Hudson herself has held.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And your only question is how to deal with an ungracious host?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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To have remained stone silent was ungracious.—
Abigail Van Buren,
oregonlive,
31 May 2022
Adjective
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Alsup, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, has presided over many high-profile cases and is known for his blunt talk.—
JANIE HAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Justin Bieber let fans in on his smoke break Thursday (Feb. 27), with the star sharing a carefree video of himself enjoying what appears to be a blunt or cigar while jamming out to Don Toliver on Instagram Stories.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The world’s third largest economy goes to the polls Sunday under the shadow of unusually brusque interventions from the Trump administration in support of the anti-immigration far right.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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In the first season, the series wondered what would happen if therapist Jimmy, despondent after becoming a widower, started giving his patients brusque, confrontational advice on how to deal with their problems.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Those seven words about the sordid reality TV franchise were really all Bill Maher had to say tonight on HBO’s Real Time of the Oval Office shouting match Friday after showing footage of the very undiplomatic exchange.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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What alarms European officials is not just their exclusion from these talks, but also the undiplomatic way the United States has deprioritized European security.—
Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the football field breeds impolite behavior, on every snap actually.—
Sean Gregory,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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Many filmmakers try to disguise their less socially acceptable prejudices, their impolite fears, dislikes and worse, but Lynch always seemed unafraid or maybe uninterested or just unaware about what others thought of his uglier visions.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Some guests view child-free policies as inconsiderate, while others see them as a practical choice to maintain a certain atmosphere.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Is there a polite way to handle this but still get the point across that their behavior is weird and inconsiderate?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Unsubtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsubtle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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