broad-brush

[ brawd-bruhsh ]

adjective

1. characterized by sweeping comprehensiveness with little attention to details:

   a broad-brush approach to reform.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broad-brush¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Not so with Rick Snyder, despite attempts to paint him with the same broad brush.

From The Daily Beast

That Avnon got painted with the broad brush of academic boycotts shows just how counterproductive such boycotts can be.

From The Daily Beast

For many of us, that's actually an insult to sweep our ideas with such a broad brush, but it's strategic.

From The Daily Beast

To prepare for work, a damping sheet is taken and brushed over evenly with water with a broad brush (like that used for sizing).

From Project Gutenberg

If now the color be evenly distributed with a broad brush, the whole surface of the paper will appear to be thoroughly black.

From Project Gutenberg

A fine gray tint may, for instance, be imparted to a well-worked sky by passing a broad brush over it, charged with acid at 40°.

From Project Gutenberg

Never, except in a white-washer with his broad brush, or a scavenger sweeping a crossing.

From Project Gutenberg

In the meantime, in the room the man of the ragged ear had taken the broad brush and moved it several times over the pan.

From Project Gutenberg