adjective
- Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees.
- Of a leaf shape. ( rounded at the apex)
- Lacking in insight or discernment."too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin- Jasper Griffin
- synonyms: purblind
- Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
- usage: "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
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