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obtuse

/əb'tus/

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adjective
lacking in insight or discernment
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"too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"

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purblind undiscerning
adjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
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"he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"

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dense dim dull dumb slow stupid
adjective
(of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
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simple unsubdivided
of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
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acute

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