Am an attendant lord, one that will do...Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous- Almost, at times, the Fool.". From LearnThat.org. [T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), British-American poet and critic, from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 1917.]
Too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
You need a new thesaurus, your reliance on the word obtuse is getting annoying. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Story] Reference
All he’s doing is what all of you phonies do – speak in obtuse generalities. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Halliburton/KBR Goes After Rape Survivor Jamie Leigh Jones’ Personal Integrity In Its Supreme Court Petition] Reference
"I don't much like hearing him called obtuse and superficial, but I suppose I should like still less to hear Sybell praise him. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
“I don’t much like hearing him called obtuse and superficial, but I suppose I should like still less to hear Sybell praise him. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
It's the kind of obtuse behavior -- there's that word again -- that cost him re-election. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 15, 2010] Reference
And I assume that by "obtuse" ... by John Sanchez Jr. on Thursday, Apr 2, 2009 at 5: 37: 05 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Give Obama a Chance to Do What?] Reference
One thing I've noticed is that Dan hates to be told that he's "obtuse", which is why I frequently remind him that he is. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage, war, the Bible and gays.] Reference
You are despicable and obtuse which is a dangerous combination and one that you would never find in someone with honor. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Preteen magazine makes military recruiting pitch.] Reference
McCaskey also wondered if he himself was being stubborn "obtuse," as Link had put it by not interviewing Kendra Peterson now. From Wordnik.com. [Call to Treason]
Of course, in the movie, the warden wasn't being "obtuse" as much as he was obfuscating and obstructing. From Wordnik.com. [Consortiumnews.com] Reference
Now I see that you’re willing to be deliberately obtuse, which is a form of dishonesty I find very annoying. From Wordnik.com. [Press Commentary on Threats at Colorado - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The good professor also discussed the Banana Man (Dis) Comfort, and the word 'obtuse' was used profusely on that topic. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
The word obtuse comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [An Ancient Time Frame] Reference
"Because I'm so 'obtuse' and 'offensive,' I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Bertram Cope's Year] Reference
Plasma screens yield better views from obtuse angles. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
My son is a larger size than I, his thoughts, as mine, obtuse. From Wordnik.com. [Inheritance] Reference
Is it possible, you ask yourself, that people can be so obtuse?. From Wordnik.com. [ACORN, Heal Thyself] Reference
An obtuse-angled triangle has one obtuse angle, as A, Figure 62. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
I contrived to draw some attention to myself without being obtuse. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Codex Infinitum] Reference
"I was completely obtuse about the optics of the situation," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Rove's Consigliere] Reference
He is by turns introspective and willfully obtuse, expansive and curt. From Wordnik.com. [BILL'S SELF-PORTRAIT] Reference
Does Jacques Chirac really believe in something as obtuse as multipolarity?. From Wordnik.com. [The Oval: Bush's European Roadshow] Reference
It's a little more obtuse than that, it means you are afraid of falling apart. From Wordnik.com. [These Dreams We Are Having] Reference
A South Asian parent with a goatee and a camera asked persistently obtuse questions. From Wordnik.com. [Back In College] Reference
Thus, in Figure 60, A and C are at an acute angle, while B and C are at an obtuse angle. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
I warned McMahon that I could be obtuse, too, and that I needed a wink to identify the jokes. From Wordnik.com. [Sports: Single Season] Reference
The latter consists of an outer breakwater, forming an obtuse angle nearly two miles in length. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
Only an obtuse person would believe that the monthly unemployment figure in France is 8 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Run, Mike, Run?] Reference
Triangles; right angle triangle; obtuse angle triangle; equilateral triangle; isosceles triangle 58. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Now is also the right time to begin rethinking the unworkable and morally obtuse sanctions policy toward Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [The Middle East After Arafat...] Reference
On the N. side, between two attached fluted columns, is, in bold relief, a Latin cross with the arms at obtuse angles. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
For all his political fingertips, Rove was obtuse in his inability, or unwillingness, to read the facial expressions of others. From Wordnik.com. [INNER CIRCLE] Reference
But the IOC, whose members are sometimes disparaged as the Lords of the Rings, can be remarkably obtuse about public sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [A New Lord Of The Rings] Reference
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