It was a disappointing performance that lacked finesse.
1 to deal with a situation or a person in a skilful and often slightly dishonest way: --
She has handled these difficult negotiations with real finesse.
He brings to the halls of akademia all the finesse and subtlety of a broadside of grapeshot fired at close quarters.
In the 1970s, the economy passed through bankruptcy, our industrial relations were appalling, and much architecture was devoid of durability and finesse.
The notice endeavours to finesse the system without dealing with the substantive or procedural rules.
In the latest finesse, the community programme is to be jettisoned and replaced by employment training.
There must be a degree of finesse, in that funding must form part of the way in which we deal with those problems.
However, the real danger is to pretend that one can finesse one's way through and that the dangers do not exist.
No amount of finesse and no amount of repackaging will hide its glaring inadequacies and injustices.
Pascal knew from within both geometry and finesse.
