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adjective

obtuse

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

In a sentence

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

  • Our raid leader was obtuse about the timer, calling the same failed opening six nights in a row.

    Gaming

  • The narrator is deliberately obtuse, missing every hint his sister drops until the final chapter spells it out.

    Literature

  • Being obtuse in a negotiation can be strategic, since a listener who feigns confusion forces the other side to elaborate.

    Psychology

  • The manager was so obtuse about the complaint that he answered a question about late pay with a lecture on teamwork.

    Business

  • The detective in the comedy is willfully obtuse, ignoring the confession because the paperwork lists it under another name.

    Movies

  • The support bot proved obtuse, asking me to restart the router three times after I explained that I owned no router.

    Technology

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