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it's getting blunter and blunter.
está ficando cada vez menos afiada.

it seems that a blunter approach is required.
parece que uma abordagem menos sutil faz-se necessária.

although perhaps a blunter instrument, it is for all that no less effective.
o bloqueio é seguramente um processo menos brando, mas nem por isso menos eficaz.

not being particularly noted myself for sensitivity, perhaps i may be a wee bit blunter.
não sendo a sensibilidade o meu forte, talvez eu possa ser um pouco mais directo.

with the development of the internal market, the national employment policy instruments will become ever weaker and blunter, while the community budget will still not be able to come up with an adequate long-term answer to the huge employment risks.
são pretensões europeias modestas que, na sequência de maastricht, são dirigidas às finanças nacionais.

"motorcycle consumer news" design columnist glynn kerr observed that new direction in bike design fits the pattern of motorcycle trends imitating, but lagging behind, car styling, in that motorcycles are shifting away from sharp, "lithe", dart-like shapes of the 2010s toward a heavier, "chunky" style with a higher, blunter nose, and, in cars, a "high waisted" middle with short windows and thicker pillars.
"motorcycle consumer news" design columnist glynn kerr observed that new direction in bike design fits the pattern of motorcycle trends imitating, but lagging behind, car styling, in that motorcycles are shifting away from sharp, "lithe", dart-like shapes of the 2010s toward a heavier, "chunky" style with a higher, blunter nose, and, in cars, a "high waisted" middle with short windows and thicker pillars.