obtuse

  1. Adjective.  (context, now) Blunt; not sharp.
  2. Adjective.  Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  3. Adjective.  Indirect or circuitous.
  4. Adjective.  Of sound: deadened or muffled.
  5. Adjective.  (geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
  6. Adjective.  (geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.

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