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unstraightforward

Definitions

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  • adjective Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ straightforward

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Examples

  • The film also lurches, and not well, between straightforward shoot-em-up revenge and unstraightforward intrigue; the latter is not helped by the problem that the villains are awfully, awfully, dumb, and also don't seem to think that they should stay in character throughout the film.

    Hollywood rant: mariness 2004

  • This irritated them, especially my father, who could not stand anything he considered unstraightforward.

    Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

  • This irritated them, especially my father, who could not stand anything he considered unstraightforward.

    Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

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