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Definition of obtuseness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

obtuseness

noun

/əbˈtjuːsnəs/

/əbˈtuːsnəs/

[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)

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the fact of being slow or unwilling to understand something

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