obtuse
- (a) of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- (s) (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
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(s) 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
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(s) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- 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