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Meanings of unsubtle in English

Lacking subtlety; obvious.

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Usage of unsubtle in English
1
She was amazing in a sort of unsubtle way; crudely amazing- Ithought
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
2
Few such lumbering, unsubtle directors have accumulated quite such a weighty reputation.
The Irish Times
3
He seemed astute and yet unsubtle, a keen bargainer, but thoroughly honest.
The Woman in Black
4
The Following is unashamedly unsubtle and that's what makes it rather wonderful.
The Guardian
5
Expect subtle Saxon realpolitik punctuated by bursts of deliciously unsubtle Saxon ultraviolence.
The Guardian
6
Northampton set up one last, unashamedly unsubtle assault on the Wasps line.
The Guardian
7
Here the novel, foreign gods seemed so loud, so unsubtle, so intrusive.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
8
The others read, talked, smoked, bandied over my head some unsubtle chaff.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
9
The unsubtle gouging and splintering left by the action of a chain saw.
Swamp Bones
10
Again, though, Moggi relied on nothing so unsubtle as straight violence.
The Guardian
11
Shadowing him in such a fashion to monitor his conduct was very unsubtle.
The Naked God
12
Cornfed was only interested in gazing at Alexandrine's cleavage through her unsubtle dress.
Perdido Street Station
13
Women mostly stayed aloof, contemptuous of the unsubtle artificial lovers they were offered.
Existence
14
The loud and random bounty-men-and-militia army was an unsubtle distraction.
Iron Council
15
Noisy, rude, unsubtle, uneducated, especially in the rougher corners of a planet like Tatooine.
From a Certain Point of View
16
The unsubtle fragrance of whisky and fermented digestive juices spreads in the bitter air.
The crimson petal and the white
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Unsubtle through the time