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Annoyingly imperceptive or slow to understand

Having an edge or point that is blunt (not sharp)

Muffled or muted in sound, typically in pronunciation

Of a triangle, having an obtuse angle

Insensitive to criticism or insults

Distasteful, crass or vulgar in nature

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Adjective

Annoyingly imperceptive or slow to understand

uncomprehending

slow on the uptake

dead from the neck up

soft in the head

not the full shilling

thick as two short planks

as thick as two short planks

unknowledgeable

feather-brained

indiscriminating

not intelligent

mentally deficient

mentally handicapped

without thought

unsophisticated

foolishly stupid

a brick short of a load

wet behind the ears

two sandwiches short of a picnic

as green as grass

lacking knowledge

off your trolley

as daft as a brush

not quite right

non compos mentis

mentally defective

out of one's gourd

lacking seriousness

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“Young man, are you being deliberately obtuse and provocative?”

Adjective

Having an edge or point that is blunt (not sharp)

“Using obtuse scissors, the skin is peeled off on both sides.”

Adjective

Muffled or muted in sound, typically in pronunciation

incomprehensible

scarcely audible

hard to make out

mom^US

uncommunicative

mum^UK

scarcely perceptible

indistinguishable

compartmentalised^UK

compartmentalized^US

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“He also adds what he denominates the short and obtuse sound, as in fir, sir, bird, virtue. This sound, we believe, is confined to the vowel as followed by the letter r, and does not extend to a great number of words.”

Adjective

Of a triangle, having an obtuse angle

Adjective

Insensitive to criticism or insults

desensitised^UK

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

with a hide like an elephant

unimpressionable

lacking compassion

as hard as nails

with a heart of stone

uncompassionate

unsophisticated

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

without sentiment

uncommiserating

undemonstrative

having a killer instinct

killer instinct

lacking sentiment

toughened by experience

as tough as old boots

disregardful of

ungentlemanlike

undiscriminating

ill-humoured^UK

speaking as one finds

calling a spade a spade

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

rubbing the wrong way

spur-of-the-moment

badly thought out

ill-thought-out

not thought through

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Adjective

Distasteful, crass or vulgar in nature

unsophisticated

rough and ready

like a bull in a china shop

undiscriminating

in a state of nature

beyond the pale

with two left feet

straightforward

rough-and-tumble

rough-and-ready

one-dimensional

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