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

It’s not exactly secret, but it’s abstruse enough that they hope most people, who aren’t fully conversant with the complexities of the program, won’t get the drift.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

The decades-old concept could explain many things, such as where WIMPs come from, but its main job is to solve a more abstruse problem.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

They looked almost comically abstruse, as if they might be used as paddles in the hazing rituals of a math fraternity.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

On March 19, 2005, alone in his office with the door closed and the shades drawn, reading an abstruse textbook on credit derivatives, Michael Burry got an idea: credit default swaps on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis