as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
our guest's obtuseness was such that he failed to take even the broadest hint that it was time to leave
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Noun
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Picture the thickness of each thread and of the intervals between them.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Turn with thin metal spatula and continue to cook until light golden brown on other side, about 1-3 minutes, depending on thickness of fish.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Its stupidity was entertaining, but its stupidity also freed me from having to think about it.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The only reason for this incessant stupidity?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Just like in life, slowness isn’t inefficiency.—
Raquel Reichard,
Refinery29,
24 Sep. 2025
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Bear had eliminated the weight and slowness of the English bow and the structural defects of the Turkish design.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Carbon steel is sharper but needs more constant care to avoid rusting or edge dullness.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet for all of his stoned foolishness, Bob has clearly imparted a real distrust of authority to his kid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Not so much by her response as by my own foolishness.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No, but the line captures the aristocracy’s witlessness.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Breast density has nothing to do with breast size.—
Dr. Megha Gupta,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Knowing your breast density—and pushing for more screening if needed—can make all the difference.—
Jennie Durant,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Obtuseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtuseness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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