obtuseness

Example Sentences

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LadyBird’s question infuriates both her mother and her sister with its obtuseness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

One of the great Twitter accounts documenting this is called VCs Congratulating Themselves—a collection of venture capitalists posting with mind-blowing obtuseness.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2023

That’s particularly necessary because Ken’s comic obtuseness and arc — as well as Gosling’s deadpan and boy-band dance moves — recurrently draw attention away from the actress and her character.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Anxiety and depression are endemic, psychologists tell us, and why wouldn’t they be, when optimism and cheerfulness are taken as signs of obtuseness?

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

Rebuffed, unhappy at the obtuseness of the very flat, the apple bumps the square and sends him aloft, fluttering and spinning into that mysterious third dimension.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan