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Definition of Obtuseness

1. Noun. The quality of being slow to understand.

Definition of Obtuseness

1. n. State or quality of being obtuse.

Definition of Obtuseness

1. Noun. Something that is obtuse ¹

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Definition of Obtuseness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtuseness

Literary usage of Obtuseness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-Known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers (1916)
"The obtuseness of the Allies is so abysmal (it is again and again complained in the Reichstag and through Wolff) that they are unable to see that Germany is ..."

2. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"obtuseness of the British Xaval Board.—Providential Mental Coercion.—The Forlorn Hope.—Dr. Hayes.— Profit and Loss.—What is the Use of Arctic Explorations? ..."

3. Carlyle and the Open Secret of His Life by Henry Larkin (1886)
"... misery—Mrs. Carlyle's antipathy towards Lady Ashburton—A constrained visit—Carlyle's stubborn reserve, and strange obtuseness to the reasonableness of ..."

4. The New Far East: An Examination Into the New Position of Japan and Her by Thomas Franklin Millard (1906)
"... obtuseness — The Breaking off of Diplomatic Relations — The Situation in Seoul — Landing of Japanese Troops — The Situation at ..."

5. A Plan for the Study of Man: With Reference to Bills to Establish a by Arthur MacDonald (1902)
"MORAL obtuseness." The extreme moral insensibility of habitual criminals can not be better shown than by their words and acts, often naively expressed. ..."

6. The Chicago Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1874)
"It is certainly quite the reverse of the mental obtuseness seen in many cases of deafness. Prognosis was unfavorable, and the case was not seen again after ..."

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