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Meaning of unmincing | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Not speaking in a roundabout or vague manner; direct; blunt.
  2. Not walking with affectedly short steps.

Examples

“"If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor."”
“He is a wonderful searcher of hearts and interpreter of motives, and in scathing, unmincing language he reveals the hidden folds of souls.”
“We proceeded with an unmincing gait to the first main street and flagged down a taxi with an unspoken single agenda propelling the three of us — get out of Russia.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

unminded unmindful unminding unmined unmineralised unmineralized

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