obtuseness

Example Sentences

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He plays the victim vividly and is quite adept at showing the obtuseness of a know-it-all.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 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

For many viewers, it was "Home Alone" through which they were first introduced to Catherine O'Hara's unique style of comedic obtuseness.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2020

And maybe obtuseness is no more impeachable than incompetence.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2020

I had never encountered such obtuseness in a first-class hotel, and I told them so, but this only increased their inhospitality.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin