Obtuse

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect.
  • adjective. Characterized by a lack of intelligence or sensitivity.
  • adjective. Not distinctly felt.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
  • adjective. Having an obtuse angle.
  • adjective. Having a blunt or rounded tip.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Blunt; not acute or pointed: applied to an angle, it denotes one that is larger than a right angle, or of more than 90°. See cuts under angle.
  • In botany, blunt, or rounded at the extremity: as, an obtuse leaf, sepal, or petal.
  • Dull; lacking in acuteness of sensibility: stupid: as, he is very obtuse; his perceptions are obtuse.
  • Not shrill; obscure; dull: as, an obtuse sound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
  • adjective. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid.
  • adjective. Dull; deadened.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Blunt; not sharp.
  • adjective. Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  • adjective. Indirect or circuitous.
  • adjective. Of sound: deadened or muffled.
  • adjective. Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
  • adjective. Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
  • adjective. lacking in insight or discernment
  • adjective. (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
  • adjective. of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
  • Word Usage
    "Scalia rejected what he called the "obtuse" argument by the attorneys for consumers who challenged CompuCredit that Congress had not intended for companies to force disputes into binding arbitration."
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