- broad-brush
- /brawd"brush'/, adj.characterized by sweeping comprehensiveness with little attention to details: a broad-brush approach to reform.[1965-70]
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broad-brush UK US adjectivevery general and without many detailsa broad-brush approach to the problem
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broad-brush «BRD BRUHSH», adjective.not detailed; sketchy; rough: »Details are lacking, but broad-brush plans call for recruitment of young people from U.N. member countries to “intern” in U.N. agencies (Time).
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1.adj. lacking in detail and subtlety2.a broad-brush measure of inflation
n. (broad brush) an approach characterized in this waythe public painted all evangelists with a broad brush
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/ˈbrɑːdˌbrʌʃ/ adj, always used before a noun: relating to or involving the main or general parts of something rather than the detailsThe book is a broad-brush treatment of the subject.
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dealing with a subject or problem in a general way rather than considering details•
a broad-brush approach
Useful english dictionary. 2012.