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Meaning of unstraightforward | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.

Examples

“…blame attaches solely to the Liberal Government then in power, for its tortuous and unstraightforward policy.”
“…I have been no kinder to IBM concerning IBM's abandonment of OS/2 (which is, in fact, what IBM is doing despite a superficial pretense at "continuing to support and enhance" the product) than I was concerning Microsoft's equally unstraightforward abandonment of OS/2 the winter of '90/'91.”
“The answer I will suggest to both questions is “yes,” although in rather surprising and unstraightforward ways.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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