Obtuse Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Thursday, February 7, 2008 · 62-Across
Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between October 1995 and February 2008.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · February 7, 2008 · 62-Across · 5 letters
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slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
adjective
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