言うに事を欠いて

いうにことをかいてiunikotookaite

expression

  1. that's not a nice thing to say
  2. that's not a nice way of putting it
  3. there was no need to say that

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences