obtuseness

Example Sentences

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LadyBird’s question infuriates both her mother and her sister with its obtuseness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

One of the great Twitter accounts documenting this is called VCs Congratulating Themselves—a collection of venture capitalists posting with mind-blowing obtuseness.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2023

During his year “in-country,” he witnessed truly surreal incompetence, obtuseness, irrationality, waste and lethal vainglory.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021

The obtuseness of privilege — and the mania that aims to preserve it with absurd rituals and at unimaginable emotional cost — get a thorough workout, even in such a short play.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

But sometimes, through reluctance or obtuseness, they seemed to have a hard time figuring out which seat was theirs.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover