obtuseness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Anxiety and depression are endemic, psychologists tell us, and why wouldn’t they be, when optimism and cheerfulness are taken as signs of obtuseness?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 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
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
