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obtuse
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obtuse as in:  she is obtuse

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    People who are not only weak, but silly or obtuse as well, are often in these difficulties.†  (source)
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    Again there was that deliberate obtuseness in me.†  (source)
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    On the other side of the island, swathed at midday with mirage, defended by the shield of the quiet lagoon, one might dream of rescue; but here, faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned, one was— Simon was speaking almost in his ear.†  (source)
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    "I'm not being obtuse," he said as he crossed his arms over his chest, "but you're acute girl."†  (source)
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    Mighty was their fuss about little matters, and marvellous, sometimes, the obtuseness that allowed greater ones to slip between their fingers!†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    It is the systematic operation, which always and obtusely succeeds, the well-planned response to life's uncertainties and complications.†  (source)
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    She had always felt that her sensibility in this direction made up for certain obtusenesses of feeling of which she was less proud; and during the last three months she had indulged it passionately.†  (source)
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    He imagines how obtuse and disconnected Cedric must feel.†  (source)
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    This was so very aggravating—the more especially as I found myself making no way against his surly obtuseness—that I said, disregarding Herbert's efforts to check me,— "Come, Mr. Drummle, since we are on the subject, I'll tell you what passed between Herbert here and me, when you borrowed that money."†  (source)
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    They were obtuse; their morale was good.†  (source)
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    His obtuseness frustrated me.†  (source)
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    An obtuse vague grimace of inhuman, unconquerable suffering never left his face.†  (source)
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    "Why, because she couldn't get any one else, of course," said "Pap" Rheinhart, impatient at this obtuseness.†  (source)
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