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  • Definition
    • obtuse :lacking in insight or discernment
      • too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior|a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin

    • obtuse :slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
      • so dense he never understands anything I say to him|never met anyone quite so dim|although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick|dumb officials make some really dumb decisions|he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse|worked with the slow students

    • obtuse :of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees

      • obtuse :(of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex

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