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unsubtle

/ ʌˈʌə /

adjective

  1. not subtle; obvious or blatant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The makeup department at "SNL" outfitted Sherman with comically large and misaligned teeth in an unsubtle dig at the British actress.

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Kennedy continued the message by arguing that the Mennonites who refuse vaccination are "resilient, hardworking, resourceful, and God-loving people," with the unsubtle implication that people who do vaccinate are less virtuous.

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Trump continues to blame Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russia's invasion, unsubtly suggesting the problem is not invading a sovereign nation, but the victim resisting.

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Schools are commanded to replace fact-based history with "patriotic education principles," which is unsubtle code for fake histories that minimize slavery and valorize historical white supremacists.

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Spitting on the founder's grave is an unsubtle way to celebrate the triumph of Christian nationalism over two centuries of liberal democracy.

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