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Noun: obtuseness  ub't(y)oos-nus or ób't(y)oos-nus
  1. The quality of being slow to understand
    - dullness
     
  2. The quality of lacking a sharp edge or point

Type of: bluntness, daftness [informal], dullness, stupidity

Antonym: acuteness

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