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Meaning of obtuse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  obtuse
      adj 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees [ant: {acute}]
      2: (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
      3: 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 [syn: {obtuse}, {purblind}]
      4: 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" [syn: {dense}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb},
         {obtuse}, {slow}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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