obtuse
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Smart but emotionally inarticulate and a bit obtuse, Lou is devastated by what he’s done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s a complex and often obtuse system, but it does help to know how it works.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Instead, it delivered a watered-down facsimile of those sounds, that critics called "unremarkable", "obtuse" and "lacking in depth".
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Their simultaneous existence indicates a broader trend toward sheer, glorious stupidity that viewers crave when practically everything is either too polished and boring or wilfully obtuse.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Perhaps this was the son of one of their friends—but this kind of subterfuge was pretty obtuse, even for them.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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