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
Howard longs to be close to Momo, and, in his emotional obtuseness, can’t grasp what the impediment is.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022
For many viewers, it was "Home Alone" through which they were first introduced to Catherine O'Hara's unique style of comedic obtuseness.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2020
I had never encountered such obtuseness in a first-class hotel, and I told them so, but this only increased their inhospitality.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
