Obtuse – Stupid or slow to understand
(Pronounced uhb-tyoos)
To remember the definition of the word obtuse, use the following mnemonic:
An object to chew (obtuse) was what the dog was looking for, but it was slow to understand that it was bad behaviour.
Examples of obtuse in a sentence
Perhaps I'm being obtuse, but what has all this got to do with me?
Jane was being as obtuse as possible, just to annoy John.
I don't think I'm obtuse just because I don't know algebra.
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