blunt instrument

== English == === Noun === blunt instrument (plural blunt instruments) (literally) An object lacking sharp surfaces, especially as used to cause injury. (figuratively) A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use. 1987, Iris Murdoch, in John Haffenden, Novelists in Interview, →ISBN, 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 ==== === See also === shotgun approach === References === “blunt instrument”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.