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clear-cut1 adjectiveclear-cut2 noun clear-cutˌclear-ˈcut1 adjective   - a clear-cut case of sexual harassment
- the clear-cut outline of the mountains
- There's no clear-cut distinction between severe depression and mental illness.
- Chief among them was the lack of a clear-cut purpose.
- His was a dark, autocratic face, with clear-cut features that held an austere masculine beauty.
- It is not, however, as clear-cut in this country as it is on the continent.
- It is only in the elite price category, $ 35 and above, that Champagne holds a clear-cut advantage.
- My own approach is not biographical, and assumes neither a clear-cut persona nor a narrative sequence.
- The individual that produces the most clear-cut signal is most likely to have the most offspring.
- There no longer is a clear-cut definition of liberal and conservative.
- There were few outright failures, and many clear-cut successes.
ADVERB► as· However, the situation is not quite as clear-cut as it might seem.· It is not, however, as clear-cut in this country as it is on the continent.· The situation wasn't as clear-cut as he'd have liked.· But now nothing on the political-economic front is as clear-cut as it used to be. ► less· But it is possible that both views were influenced by hindsight and that matters seemed less clear-cut at the time.· Parent-child identification is less clear-cut among girls than it appears to be in boys.· Furthermore, if firms pursue objectives other than profit maximisation then the picture becomes even less clear-cut.· At other times, the options are less clear-cut.· On the output side the similarity is less clear-cut.· However, in our experience the matter is less clear-cut and what is right for some is not the solution for others.· Internationally, the situation is less clear-cut.· But progress in marriage and parenting for people with learning difficulties is much less clear-cut and visible. ► more· The lesson to chess players is more clear-cut: chess turns out to be a much richer world than they thought.· The appearance of a quid pro quo in the Hammer pardon is much more clear-cut than it is in the Rich case.· The new regent was given the opportunity to determine a much more clear-cut policy than that of the 1540s.· Or at least much more clear-cut and defined.· For Sir Vernon Harcourt the issue was even more clear-cut.· Transcription has the unfortunate tendency to make things seem simpler and more clear-cut than they really are. ► so· In practice the distinction is not so clear-cut.· Pound's case is by no means so clear-cut.· Unfortunately, the situation is not so clear-cut.· But by 1273, when both the original parties to the 1259 agreement were dead, the issues were by no means so clear-cut.· Honey Anna Scott-so clear-cut, so far in the lead. NOUN► distinction· There is, however, no clear-cut distinction, rather a continuum exists between the specific procedures and general information gathering.· There is no clear-cut distinction between the plausible and the fantastic.· Structural linguists question the existence of a clear-cut distinction between what is grammatical and what is ungrammatical. easy to understand or be certain about SYN definite:  There is not always a clear-cut distinction between right and wrong.clear-cut1 adjectiveclear-cut2 noun clear-cutˈclear-cut2 noun [countable] American English an area of forest that has been completely cut down—clear-cut verb [transitive] |