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obtuse

[uhb-toos, -tyoos] / əbˈtus, -ˈtyus /


ADJECTIVE
blunt, not sharp
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Antonyms


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Nothing is promised, and Mazzulla remains comically obtuse about Tatum’s status, but NBC continued to tease the possibility Sunday with a behind-the-scenes documentary about his post-surgery recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

If you can square those actions with Hernández’s pardon and not throw your back out in the process you’re either more pliable than most or willfully obtuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

Ms. Field finds this obtuse, considering America’s actual history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

But Schaffer’s film has the uniquely difficult task of making Frank look like an idiot without making the police as a whole seem lovably obtuse.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

Now, when he was on fire with his Cause, Arthur’s justice seemed bourgeois and obtuse beside him.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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