"unstraightforward" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unstraightforward [comparative], most unstraightforward [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + straightforward. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|straightforward}} un- + straightforward Head templates: {{en-adj}} unstraightforward (comparative more unstraightforward, superlative most unstraightforward)
  1. Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect. Derived forms: unstraightforwardly, unstraightforwardness
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