"clear-cut" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more clear-cut",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most clear-cut",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "clear cut"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1943 July and August, “Red Light for Danger”, in Railway Magazine, page 189",
          "text": "One of the questions which seem to recur more often that most is the reason for selection of the red light as a danger signal on railways. As in so many cases there is no clear-cut answer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104",
          "text": "I had no doubt as to how the vast majority of voters would respond. I was convinced that given such a clear-cut choice, the American people would elect to move forward with a program of social progress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page v",
          "text": "The differences between slang, colloquialism and jargon are not clear-cut.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France",
          "text": "France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 30–31",
          "text": "While in the most serious cases mounting an investigation is usually mandatory, there are other occasions where it is less clear-cut or when it is concluded that an investigation would not fulfil RAIB's objectives to improve safety or prevent future accidents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of clear cut"
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  "word": "clear-cut"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more clear-cut",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most clear-cut",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1943 July and August, “Red Light for Danger”, in Railway Magazine, page 189",
          "text": "One of the questions which seem to recur more often that most is the reason for selection of the red light as a danger signal on railways. As in so many cases there is no clear-cut answer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104",
          "text": "I had no doubt as to how the vast majority of voters would respond. I was convinced that given such a clear-cut choice, the American people would elect to move forward with a program of social progress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page v",
          "text": "The differences between slang, colloquialism and jargon are not clear-cut.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France",
          "text": "France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 30–31",
          "text": "While in the most serious cases mounting an investigation is usually mandatory, there are other occasions where it is less clear-cut or when it is concluded that an investigation would not fulfil RAIB's objectives to improve safety or prevent future accidents.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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  "word": "clear-cut"
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