obtuse
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Nothing is promised, and Mazzulla remains comically obtuse about Tatum’s status, but NBC continued to tease the possibility Sunday with a behind-the-scenes documentary about his post-surgery recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
As the eponymous figure, a global Hollywood icon, Mr. Clooney is obtuse yet endearing as his character tries to reconnect with his young-adult daughter on a jaunt through Europe to an Italian film festival.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
I realize that my humor on “Red Eye” was deliberately obtuse in some ways, and not really deliberately.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
But Schaffer’s film has the uniquely difficult task of making Frank look like an idiot without making the police as a whole seem lovably obtuse.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025
It was as though his eyes were holding their breath, while his mother looked at him, her face flaccid and querulous, interminable, clairvoyant yet obtuse.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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