unnuanced
adjective
un·nu·anced
ˌən-ˈnü-ˌän(t)st 
-ˈnyü-,
-ˌäⁿst;
-nü-ˈän(t)st,
-nyü-ˈän(t)st,
-ˈäⁿst
: not having or exhibiting subtle qualities or distinctions : lacking nuances
an unnuanced performer/performance
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But the contemporary proposals of unnuanced bans on the technology will stall improvements to its accuracy and hinder its safe integration, to the detriment of vulnerable populations.
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Orly Lobel, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
Between gallons three and four, the former had drafted an angry e-mail to the school, but then stared at her unnuanced message.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022
Your version of antiquity is shallow, poorly contextualized, and unnuanced.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 3 July 2018
An unapologetic climate-change skeptic, Pruitt's approach is unnuanced and unyielding.
—Evan Halper, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
The Disappointments of Detroit—Christopher Orr regrets that despite moments of emotional power, Kathryn Bigelow’s film offers a narrow and unnuanced portrait of the city’s 1967 riots.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2017
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Orly Lobel, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
Between gallons three and four, the former had drafted an angry e-mail to the school, but then stared at her unnuanced message.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022
Your version of antiquity is shallow, poorly contextualized, and unnuanced.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 3 July 2018
An unapologetic climate-change skeptic, Pruitt's approach is unnuanced and unyielding.
—Evan Halper, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
The Disappointments of Detroit—Christopher Orr regrets that despite moments of emotional power, Kathryn Bigelow’s film offers a narrow and unnuanced portrait of the city’s 1967 riots.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2017
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“Unnuanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnuanced. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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