blunt instrument

Noun

 * 1)  An object lacking sharp surfaces, especially as used to cause injury.
 * 2)  A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use.
 * 3) * 1987, Iris Murdoch, in John Haffenden, Novelists in Interview, ISBN 9780416376005, p. 202:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 1987, Iris Murdoch, in John Haffenden, Novelists in Interview, ISBN 9780416376005, p. 202:
 * 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.

Translations

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 * Danish: stump genstand
 * Finnish: tylppä esine
 * French: arme contondante, instrument contondant, outil contondant
 * Italian: corpo contundente
 * Polish: tępe narzędzie
 * Romanian: instrument contondent
 * Russian: тупо́е ору́дие
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