recondite

Example Sentences

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The wisdom-of-crowds argument presupposes that the masses possess some recondite knowledge that can be unlocked by allowing individuals to express themselves as part of an anonymous mob.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Today, a number of doyens in the recondite field of AI admit they don’t know where all this is headed.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Today, the reverse can seem true, with these stylized spectacles coming across as a bit remote, recondite and sturdy next to the naturalistic emotional urgency of the Italian operas.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

In the 1950s and ’60s, Auden hoped he might be regarded as “a minor Atlantic Goethe” even as his poetry grew loose and talky, his diction occasionally recondite.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022

A pair of actors trapped in a recondite play with no hint of plot or narrative.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy