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unstraightforward

unstraightforward adjective: not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.

Adjective

unstraightforward (comparative more unstraightforward, superlative most unstraightforward)

  1. Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
    • …blame attaches solely to the Liberal Government then in power, for its tortuous and unstraightforward policy.1887, A. C. Yate, England and Russia Face to Face in Asia, William Blackwood and Sons, page 443
    • …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/'91.1996 August 23, Will Zachmann, “Re: Will Zachmann drops OS/2 ??”, in alt.org.team-os2 (Usenet)

Forms of unstraightforward

comparativemore unstraightforward
superlativemost unstraightforward

Origin of unstraightforward

From un- + straightforward.

Words formed from unstraightforward

Questions about unstraightforward

What does unstraightforward mean?
Unstraightforward means not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
What part of speech is unstraightforward?
Unstraightforward is an adjective.

Words near unstraightforward in the dictionary

  1. unstraighten
  2. unstraightenable
  3. unstraightened
  4. unstraightening
  5. unstraightens
  6. unstraightforward
  7. unstraightforwardly
  8. unstraightforwardness
  9. unstraightness
  10. unstrain
  11. unstrainable

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