blunt instrument

Definitions

1. 1

   An object lacking sharp surfaces, especially as used to cause injury.

   • One deep wound had been inflicted upon the temple, apparently with some blunt instrument, which had penetrated the brain.
   • It had been struck by some heavy blunt instrument, but the skull was not broken.
2. 2

   A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not…

   A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use.

   • The analyst is in a sense a blunt instrument, but he can work as somebody who cares, and I think a good analyst makes the patient feel that he has value.
   • The law is a woefully blunt instrument when it comes to domestic violence of all kinds.
   • [T]he United States will continue to rely on dollar depreciation as a blunt instrument to fight all its economic battles.

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