obtuse

/əbˈtus/
adjective
  1. Slow to understand or perceive; not clever or sharp-minded.
    • He was too obtuse to realize she was joking.
    • The teacher grew frustrated with the obtuse student who kept asking the same question.
    • I felt obtuse for not understanding the simple instructions.
  2. Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
    • The roof forms an obtuse angle with the wall.
    • An obtuse angle looks wider than a right angle.
    • In geometry class, we learned to measure an obtuse angle with a protractor.
  3. Not sharp or pointed; blunt in shape.
    • The sculptor preferred an obtuse chisel for smoothing the stone.
    • The knife had an obtuse edge and wouldn't cut the bread.
    • The leaf has an obtuse tip, rounded rather than pointed.
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