abstruseness

noun

Definition of abstrusenessnext
as in obtuseness

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  1. complexity
  2. difficulty
  3. complication
  4. profoundness
  5. impenetrability
Noun
  • Commercial designs would more likely control groups of cells to reduce hardware complexity and cost.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Generally, meetings happen at least once per year, but the cadence may vary based on complexity and the scope of the engagement.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of complexity
Noun
  • Advantage players, meanwhile, had no difficulty defending betting machines.
    — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • One limitation of obtaining court orders against counterfeiters is the difficulty of enforcing them in foreign jurisdictions.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of difficulty
Noun
  • Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher announced Friday that Moore died from complications of cardiac dysrhythmia with premature ventricular contractions, a condition involving an abnormal heart rhythm.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • And those implications and complications for Gabrielle ended up shaping my novel’s narrative considerably.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of complication
Noun
  • As a result of that, there’s a profoundness to their relationship.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • For Twitty, the book’s profoundness resides between the lines.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
Definition of profoundness
Noun
  • What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of impenetrability
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“Abstruseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abstruseness. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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