abstruse

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Mr. Barnes has long brought something exotic to English literature, but never anything so abstruse as to become alienating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Also, his estimate arose from abstruse economic formulas and lots of magic asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

The particle is part of a concept called the Higgs mechanism that was added to the standard model in the 1970s to explain an abstruse but important puzzle.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

Admittedly, Turchin's concepts and references can feel abstruse as first.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2023

Blacks and whites alike scratched their heads at Grabarek’s abstruse testimony, but it was clear the mayor was no friend of Fuller.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson