You searched for: “obtuse”
obtuse, more obtuse, most obtuse
1. Slow to understand or to perceive something.
2. Lacking fast perception or intellect. (3)
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Word Entries containing the term: “obtuse”
obtuse angle (s) (noun), obtuse angles (pl)
An angle that has a measure of more than 90° and less than 180°: Tom's teacher said that the angle between a person's nose and forehead is an obtuse angle.

He also asked his students to bend their arms in an obtuse angle.

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