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Significats de subtle en anglès

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.

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Neither clear nor manifest to the understanding.

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Examples for "insidious"
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Financial abuse is one of the most insidious types of family violence.
The Guardian
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It's an insidious tactic used by corporations, activists and political parties alike.
News.com.au
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The online sale of counterfeits is an increasingly insidious problem for manufacturers.
Wired
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The wisest of plans are open to the insidious entrance of error.
The Settler and the Savage
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They are right: bullying is all too insidious, and too readily accepted.
The Guardian
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The effects are particularly pernicious for children whose lungs are still developing.
The Guardian
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The dead lie in heaps and layers in the invisible, pernicious poison.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
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Perhaps the most pernicious danger is that of infant and toddler food.
The Guardian
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You may not fear carbs today, but the anti-carb camps are pernicious.
Climbing Magazine
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The passive defense is always pernicious; the active may accomplish great successes.
The Art of War

Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze.

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Subtle.

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Ús de subtle en anglès
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But notice the subtle change in the form the second question takes.
Wired
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That said; a slightly inflexible approach could hamper progress in subtle ways.
The South African
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Questions don't come any more subtle than how to get democracy right.
The Irish Times
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Or was your question a subtle way of asking whether I'm married?
The Sails of Tau Ceti
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New beginnings and second chances could develop on a very subtle level.
The South African
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A study published last year suggests their effects might be subtle only.
BBC
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However, the manufacturers listed the side-effects simply as subtle discomfort or irritation.
Radio NZ
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I'd use some really subtle magic, make it look like natural causes.
From hell with love
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The effect of human activity on our climate is no longer subtle.
The South African
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The film addresses the revolution in a very subtle way, she said.
Reuters
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All of this created a subtle change in the American mind set.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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However, a subtle shift is occurring in the nature of their deployment.
The Irish Times
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It's light and lively and brilliantly subtle, yet has terrific staying power.
The Irish Times
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However, the effects that we observe are subtle and variable between loci.
Pubmed
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Public awareness campaigns also have been increasing, with messages becoming less subtle.
Reuters
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Quickwater made a subtle gesture, first to his right, then straight ahead.
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