blatant
to be very open (and without trying to hide anything)
TRANSLATION
offensichtlich, krass, laut, eklatant, himmelschreiend, schreiend, unverhohlen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"In general, lies and inaccuracies on CVs grew 15 per cent over the course of 2002, from 54 per cent in the last quarter of 2001 to 62 per cent in the same quarter a year later... Four to five percent of (C.V.) applications in all sectors were found to use BLATANT lies."
(http://www.computercontractor.net/article.php3?sid=1055 - Silicon.com - 25 April 2002)
(http://www.computercontractor.net/article.php3?sid=1055 - Silicon.com - 25 April 2002)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
This is a very interesting word with slightly different (and sometimes subtle) shades of meaning.
Note the common phrases below and beware that using this word can cause controversy!
blatant lie = riesige Lüge
blatant nonsense = himmelschreiender Unsinn
blatant injustice = himmelschreiende Ungerechtigkeit
blatant materialism = krasser Materialismus
This is a very interesting word with slightly different (and sometimes subtle) shades of meaning.
Note the common phrases below and beware that using this word can cause controversy!
blatant lie = riesige Lüge
blatant nonsense = himmelschreiender Unsinn
blatant injustice = himmelschreiende Ungerechtigkeit
blatant materialism = krasser Materialismus
