obtuse

Example Sentences

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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

Though Godard later came to be synonymous with turgid, obtuse cinema, “Nouvelle Vague” is the opposite: a sprightly, effervescent ode to moviemaking as semi-controlled mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

"I think it would be a bit obtuse of me to speak about signings when clearly we have to improve and do better with what we have," he admitted.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

Perhaps this was the son of one of their friends—but this kind of subterfuge was pretty obtuse, even for them.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman