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View definitions for obtuse

obtuse

adjective as in slow to understand

adjective as in blunt, not sharp

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His opinions may have been obtuse, but he was grounded in facts and reason.

From Salon

More than a few locations in the Shadow Realm, places that contain important story beats and powerful items, can be discovered only with a frustratingly obtuse progression of steps.

The obtuse nature of the conspiracy theory allowed people to assume whatever it is, it must be bad.

From Salon

It would be pretty obtuse if they had.

Even Mr Galston, the former Clinton White House insider, says “you’d have to be very obtuse” to deny that there’s a whiff of partisanship.

From BBC

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