Never force your child, but rather use gentle words they can understand. (care.com)
We get a lot of self - published books and many are horribly (that's the most gentle word I could find) produced. (brentsampson.com)
One way to address these things discreetly is of course to focus more on the solution than the problem...» Turned - around team»... and in my resume writing I make sure to use gentler words for problem descriptions: «Under - performing» rather than «poor - performing» or «failed». (ivyexec.com)