obtuse
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To demand more seems to be willfully obtuse, more like a social media shame ritual than anything useful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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 think it would be a bit obtuse of me to speak about signings when clearly we have to improve and do better with what we have," he admitted.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 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
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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