Thinly-veiled

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.

    "Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus."

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"Was that a thinly-veiled threat?"

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