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 is applied to any of these figures that is not very decided.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
An oblique angle is either Obtuse or Acute.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
Obtuse, blunt or round at the end, 54.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Obtuse as most men are, with things going on right under their eyes, it is not easy to baffle them when once their curiosity is roused.
From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Wren, Jenny
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