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in the way; over-expressed, redundant, large, sporatic, random.
Look at these OBTRUSE columns blocking my walking route!
obtruse by Laura March 30, 2005
stupid -- dim-witted
"he seemed quite obtuse"
obtuse by Mobius July 21, 2004
Andy: ur so obtuse

Warden: zomg i are not
Obtuse by Dabetts January 19, 2011

obstruse 

A combination of obtuse and abstruse. Obtuse means annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand. Abstruse means difficult to understand or obscure. Obstruse means to be annoyingly insensitive AND difficult to understand.
Man, I don't know what that guy just said but it sounded pretty obstruse. I'm gonna go smack him around a little, and then make him tell me what the hell he meant by that shit! And if I don't like it, I'll smack him around some more!
obstruse by flux blocker January 14, 2019

weaponized obtuseness 

Knowingly and deliberately misconstruing another person's words in order to generate and direct false outrage against that person or that person's views.
By twisting my words into something I clearly did not intend, my political opponents are deploying weaponized obtuseness to attack me.
weaponized obtuseness by D_Cooper December 19, 2018
An angle between 90 and 180 degrees. Used in math. Other angles include:

right angle/right
acute angle/acute
straight angle/straight
reflex angle/reflex
That angle of 120 degrees is obtuse.
Obtuse by Dice/Alex June 6, 2004