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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect..
…blame attaches solely to the Liberal Government then in power, for its tortuous and unstraightforward policy.
…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.
The answer I will suggest to both questions is “yes,” although in rather surprising and unstraightforward ways.
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Unstraightforward means Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect..
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…blame attaches solely to the Liberal Government then in power, for its tortuous and unstraightforward policy.
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