broad-brush

[ brawd-bruhsh ]

/ ˈbrɔdˌbrʌʃ /

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adjective

characterized by sweeping comprehensiveness with little attention to details: a broad-brush approach to reform.

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Origin of broad-brush

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby broad-brush

broadband, broad-based, broad bean, broadbill, broadbrim, broad-brush, broadcast, broadcaster, broadcasting, broadcast journalism, Broad Church

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How to use broad-brush in a sentence

In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.
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The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
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Our time is so vastly different in its particulars that the parallels work only in broad strokes.
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But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.
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His strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.
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This gave the house a very cheerful appearance, as if it were constantly on a broad grin.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
And now I am going on to a review of the broad facts of the educational organization of our present world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The embankment or road-bed was commenced by gigantic piling, and is very broad and substantial.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

British Dictionary definitions for broad-brush

broadbrush

/ (ˈbrɔːdˌbrʌʃ) /

adjective

lacking full detail or information; incomplete or roughanything other than a broadbrush strategy for the industry will be overloaded with detail

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