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blunt instrument
noun
An object lacking sharp surfaces, especially as used to cause injury.
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It's a very blunt instrument.
Still, such coding is a blunt instrument.
Seniority is a very blunt instrument.
But controls are also a blunt instrument.
"Our bill was an admittedly blunt instrument.
The sax needn't be a blunt instrument.
Lending controls are a blunt instrument.
But the classic emoticon is a blunt instrument.
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They were blunt-instrument types.
Newman: This is why I'm more a fan of blunt-instrument regulation.
Carolan says that current email programs create a 'blunt' instrument for organizing our lives.
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