obtuse
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Obtuse, self-pitying, domineering, obsessive, hypocritical, opinionated, exacting, intolerant, selfish, malevolent, deluded, manic�in fact, just about every pejorative word in the language could be applied to Lucy Nelson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obtuse: not pointed: an angle greater than a right angle: opposed to acute.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Obtuse as he was, he saw at a glance what had occurred.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
Obtuse, with a blunt or rounded apex; as in Fig.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Obtuse as she was, a certain change in Rachael had not entirely escaped the younger woman.
From The Heart of Rachael by Norris, Kathleen Thompson
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