"without mincing words" is a correct and commonly-used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to emphasize that the speaker is going to speak directly and honestly about a certain topic. For example, "Without mincing words, I must tell you that I disagree with your opinion."
Fertile ground for forgiveness is sown as they humbly and unequivocally acknowledge past behaviors without mincing words.
Without mincing words, she told me that she'd been called overnight by the radiologist; the patient's head CT showed an intracranial bleed.
Without mincing words, Chomsky derided their work as empty posturing, juxtaposing their style and methods against the "empirically testable propositions" of more "serious" fields like the hard sciences.
Yusuf Abdallah Usman, director general of the commission, issued a statement saying "Without mincing words, these artworks are heirlooms of the great people of the Benin Kingdom and Nigeria generally.
Without mincing words, Mr. Gore accused Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney of lying on a crucial justification for war, that Iraq had a role in planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
It was not until an African American fellow female student sat us down and told us without mincing words we were both wrong; that we were victims who saw each other through the lens of racism.
Movie star Jackson has this earnest, honest way of getting to the heart of a matter, without mincing his words.
It is notable then, when Obama makes time to directly address issues specific to African Americans and other minorities without mincing his words.
Then comes the extensive -- and coarse -- collection of jokes about sex, race, and homophobia, without mincing any words and with the same crudeness one hears on the street.
"Anglo-speaking Scrabblers were just mincing words.
But why bother mincing words?
