Definition of 言うに事を欠いて (いうにことをかいて)
いことか
                        言うに事を欠いて
いうにことをかいて
iunikotowokaite
expression
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that's not a nice thing to say, that's not a nice way of putting it, there was no need to say that
See also:言うに事欠いて (いうにことかいて)
Related Kanji
| 言 | say, word | 
| 事 | matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly | 
| 欠 | lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76) |