Friday, August 14, 2009

TODAY'S WORD-OBTUSE

obtuse

(adjective) [ob-TOOS, ob-TYOOS, ahb-TYOOS]

1. slow to learn or understand; 'he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse': "I spent two hours explaining how to use the machine, but the obtuse intern botched up the order anyway."

2. lacking in insight or discernment; 'too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior'

3. not sharp or acute; blunt

4. having an angle between 90 and 180 degrees

5. of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

adverb form: obtusely
noun form: obtuseness

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