unsubtle

/ənsˈʌtəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

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adj

"The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English subtle English unsubtle From un- + subtle.

unsubtler (comparative) unsubtlest (superlative)

unsubtleness unsubtly

broad

subtle shuttle rebuttal tuttle nuttall scuttle what'll suttle ruttle

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How do you pronounce unsubtle?

The recorded pronunciation is /ənsˈʌtəl/.

What does unsubtle mean?

Not subtle; obvious.

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