broad-brush

[ brawd-bruhsh ]

adjective

1. characterized by sweeping comprehensiveness with little attention to details:

   a broad-brush approach to reform.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broad-brush¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The broad-brush picture is known: About 60 million years ago, the Indian Plate began to plow into Eurasia and thrust up the Himalayas, the highest mountains on Earth.

From Science Magazine

Labour’s decisions mean, despite Badenoch’s broad-brush approach, the Tories are going to be expected to have something to say about schools and hospitals - services the public relies on.

From BBC

Giuliani's broad-brush take on Palestinian preschoolers left him afraid of any possible refugee program, saying that Democrats are on the "side of the terrorists."

From Salon

Leaders who have been critical of specific types of diversity programs from within the industry argue that broad-brush criticisms of D.E.I. can be counterproductive, distracting from meaningful efforts to reform corporate diversity initiatives.

From New York Times

“The detail that will be revealed, this beautiful complexity that’s gonna show up—that will fine tune our ability to go from broad-brush histories of the solar system” to something more measured and precise, says Bannister.

From National Geographic