Usually means: Lack of sharpness or sensitivity.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. obtusity: Merriam-Webster
  2. obtusity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obtusity: Collins English Dictionary
  4. obtusity: Wordnik
  5. obtusity: Wiktionary
  6. Obtusity: Dictionary.com
  7. Obtusity: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. obtusity: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Obtusity: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. obtusity: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Obtusity: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Obtusity: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Obtusity: Encyclopedia

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  1. Obtusity: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  obtuseness

Similar:
obtuseness, obliqueness, obliquity, obstruency, oblateness, unctuosity, tortuosity, opacousness, abstruseness, obtundity, more...

Opposite:
acuity, sharpness, keenness, perceptiveness

Types:
dullness, stupidity, slowness, foolishness, idiotism, imbecility, moronicism, more...

Adjectives:
natural, general, feminine, souled, extreme, greater

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Similar:
obtuseness, obliqueness, obliquity, obstruency, oblateness, unctuosity, tortuosity, opacousness, abstruseness, obtundity, more...

Opposite:
acuity, sharpness, keenness, perceptiveness

Types:
dullness, stupidity, slowness, foolishness, idiotism, imbecility, moronicism, more...

Adjectives:
natural, general, feminine, souled, extreme, greater



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