esoteric

In a sentence

Six example sentences with esoteric, each labelled with its topic.

• The compiler flag was so esoteric that only four people on the mailing list had ever used it deliberately.

  Technology

• Microtonal tuning stayed esoteric for decades, discussed in a handful of journals and played on instruments nobody else owned.

  Music

• The seminar drifted into esoteric debates about medieval logic that even the visiting professor could barely follow after an hour.

  Philosophy

• The fund traded esoteric instruments so complicated that its own board asked for a glossary before every meeting.

  Finance

• The dispute turned on an esoteric point of maritime law that only a handful of practitioners in the country understood.

  Law

• Speedrunners rely on esoteric tricks, like pausing on a precise frame, that ordinary players never discover in years.

  Gaming

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