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"obtain":{
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"forfeit",
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"lose"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": succeed":[],
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": to be generally recognized or established : prevail":[
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"Those ideas no longer obtain for our generation.",
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"a greater degree of free expression than usually obtains in film production",
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"\u2014 Roger Manvell"
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],
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": to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort":[
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"The information was difficult to obtain .",
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"We obtained a copy of the original letter."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The information may be difficult to obtain .",
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"We obtained a copy of the original letter.",
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"These ideas no longer obtain for our generation.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ever since the landmark 1973 ruling that divided the nation, some have been fighting to help patients obtain abortions, while others have been fighting just as strongly to get that decision overturned. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"Law enforcement was subsequently able to obtain an order to recover the disturbed man\u2019s guns and prevent him from purchasing a new firearm for at least a year. \u2014 Shannon Frattaroli, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
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"But perhaps the biggest barrier to new entrants is the structure of a program that aims to help low-income families obtain formula. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
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"Might the metaverse be able to help people obtain advanced accreditation in fields such as real estate, accounting or coding",
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"Organizations outside of Poland can help callers obtain pills or, if there is a reason to avoid pills\u2014a partner or parent will find out, for example, or no safe mailing address is available\u2014refer them to a clinic. \u2014 Anna Louie Sussman, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
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"And the administration is only slowly reestablishing U.S. consular services in Havana that would help Cubans obtain visas for legal travel. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
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"The declaration will help the county obtain state aid, officials said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The nonprofit advocacy group had planned three events at a South Los Angeles office to help unhoused people obtain emergency shelter. \u2014 al , 31 Mar. 2022"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English obteinen , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French obtenir , from Latin obtin\u0113re to hold on to, possess, obtain, from ob- in the way + ten\u0113re to hold \u2014 more at thin":""
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"\u0259b-\u02c8t\u0101n",
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"\u00e4b-"
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"bring in",
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"carry",
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"draw",
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"earn",
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"gain",
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"garner",
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"get",
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"knock down",
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"land",
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"make",
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"procure",
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"pull down",
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"realize",
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"reap",
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"secure",
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"win"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174737",
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"verb"
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"obtainable":{
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"forfeit",
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"lose"
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"definitions":{
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": succeed":[],
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": to be generally recognized or established : prevail":[
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"Those ideas no longer obtain for our generation.",
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"a greater degree of free expression than usually obtains in film production",
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"\u2014 Roger Manvell"
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],
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": to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort":[
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"The information was difficult to obtain .",
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"We obtained a copy of the original letter."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The information may be difficult to obtain .",
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"We obtained a copy of the original letter.",
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"These ideas no longer obtain for our generation.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ever since the landmark 1973 ruling that divided the nation, some have been fighting to help patients obtain abortions, while others have been fighting just as strongly to get that decision overturned. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"Law enforcement was subsequently able to obtain an order to recover the disturbed man\u2019s guns and prevent him from purchasing a new firearm for at least a year. \u2014 Shannon Frattaroli, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
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"But perhaps the biggest barrier to new entrants is the structure of a program that aims to help low-income families obtain formula. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
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"Might the metaverse be able to help people obtain advanced accreditation in fields such as real estate, accounting or coding",
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"Organizations outside of Poland can help callers obtain pills or, if there is a reason to avoid pills\u2014a partner or parent will find out, for example, or no safe mailing address is available\u2014refer them to a clinic. \u2014 Anna Louie Sussman, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
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"And the administration is only slowly reestablishing U.S. consular services in Havana that would help Cubans obtain visas for legal travel. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
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"The declaration will help the county obtain state aid, officials said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The nonprofit advocacy group had planned three events at a South Los Angeles office to help unhoused people obtain emergency shelter. \u2014 al , 31 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English obteinen , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French obtenir , from Latin obtin\u0113re to hold on to, possess, obtain, from ob- in the way + ten\u0113re to hold \u2014 more at thin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b-\u02c8t\u0101n",
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"\u00e4b-"
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"synonyms":[
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"acquire",
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"attain",
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"bag",
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"bring in",
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"capture",
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"carry",
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"come by",
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"draw",
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"earn",
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"gain",
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"garner",
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"get",
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"knock down",
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"land",
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"make",
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"procure",
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"pull down",
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"realize",
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"reap",
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"secure",
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"win"
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"obtainment":{
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"forfeit",
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": succeed":[],
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": to be generally recognized or established : prevail":[
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"Those ideas no longer obtain for our generation.",
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"a greater degree of free expression than usually obtains in film production",
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"\u2014 Roger Manvell"
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],
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": to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort":[
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"The information was difficult to obtain .",
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"We obtained a copy of the original letter."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The information may be difficult to obtain .",
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"We obtained a copy of the original letter.",
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"These ideas no longer obtain for our generation.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ever since the landmark 1973 ruling that divided the nation, some have been fighting to help patients obtain abortions, while others have been fighting just as strongly to get that decision overturned. \u2014 Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
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"Law enforcement was subsequently able to obtain an order to recover the disturbed man\u2019s guns and prevent him from purchasing a new firearm for at least a year. \u2014 Shannon Frattaroli, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
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"But perhaps the biggest barrier to new entrants is the structure of a program that aims to help low-income families obtain formula. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
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"Might the metaverse be able to help people obtain advanced accreditation in fields such as real estate, accounting or coding",
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"Organizations outside of Poland can help callers obtain pills or, if there is a reason to avoid pills\u2014a partner or parent will find out, for example, or no safe mailing address is available\u2014refer them to a clinic. \u2014 Anna Louie Sussman, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
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"And the administration is only slowly reestablishing U.S. consular services in Havana that would help Cubans obtain visas for legal travel. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
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"The declaration will help the county obtain state aid, officials said. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The nonprofit advocacy group had planned three events at a South Los Angeles office to help unhoused people obtain emergency shelter. \u2014 al , 31 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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},
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"Middle English obteinen , from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French obtenir , from Latin obtin\u0113re to hold on to, possess, obtain, from ob- in the way + ten\u0113re to hold \u2014 more at thin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b-\u02c8t\u0101n",
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"acquire",
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"attain",
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"bag",
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"bring in",
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"capture",
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"carry",
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"come by",
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"draw",
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"earn",
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"gain",
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"garner",
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"get",
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"knock down",
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"land",
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"make",
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"procure",
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"pull down",
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"realize",
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"reap",
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"secure",
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"win"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065506",
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},
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"obtrude":{
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"definitions":{
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": to become unduly prominent or interfering : intrude":[],
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": to force or impose (oneself, one's ideas, etc.) without warrant or request":[],
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": to thrust out : extrude":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The historical details in the movie do not obtrude \u2014they enhance the story by making it more realistic.",
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"please stop obtruding in your brother's affairs"
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1575, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin obtrudere to thrust at, from ob- in the way + trudere to thrust \u2014 more at ob- , threat":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259b-\u02c8tr\u00fcd",
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"synonyms":[
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"butt in",
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"interfere",
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"interlope",
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"intermeddle",
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"intrude",
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"meddle",
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"mess",
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"muck (about ",
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"nose",
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"poke",
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"pry",
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"snoop"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210747",
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"obtrusive":{
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"unobtrusive"
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"definitions":{
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": forward in manner or conduct":[
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"obtrusive behavior",
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"The waiter was attentive without being obtrusive ."
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": thrust out : protruding":[
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"a sharp obtrusive edge"
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": undesirably prominent":[
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"obtrusive TV commercials"
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},
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"examples":[
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"The waiter was attentive without being obtrusive .",
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"We used less obtrusive colors in the bedrooms.",
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"Her origins finally emerged in a 2017 Hollywood Reporter expos\u00e9, whose raw material the series relays through obtrusive mock interviews with characters, many of them renamed, lightly fictionalized versions of real people. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 30 May 2022",
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"To its supporters, the system is a more effective and less obtrusive alternative to the age-old metal detector, making events both safer and more pleasant to attend. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
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"The athletes don\u2019t view the camera as obtrusive but something else entirely. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Surprisingly, the aesthetic incorporates a gas lamp fixture and does not look obtrusive . \u2014 Will Townsend, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"However, the project, now in its second year, also shows the value of monuments that are more obtrusive and durable. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"But rest assured: Menstrual underwear is far sexier and less obtrusive than diapers. \u2014 De Elizabeth, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Her true love follows, and the ensuing chase leads her to leap a hedge, fall to the ground, and smack the back of her head against an obtrusive rock. \u2014 ELLE , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"But despite the extra juice, the power glut is not obtrusive as the vehicle's two diverse and generally harmonious powertrains got down to it, save a one-time, mild clunk from the rear. \u2014 Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"\u0259b-\u02c8tr\u00fc-siv",
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for obtrusive impertinent , officious , meddlesome , intrusive , obtrusive mean given to thrusting oneself into the affairs of others. impertinent implies exceeding the bounds of propriety in showing interest or curiosity or in offering advice. resented their impertinent interference officious implies the offering of services or attentions that are unwelcome or annoying. officious friends made the job harder meddlesome stresses an annoying and usually prying interference in others' affairs. a meddlesome landlord intrusive implies a tactless or otherwise objectionable thrusting into others' affairs. tried to be helpful without being intrusive obtrusive stresses improper or offensive conspicuousness of interfering actions. expressed an obtrusive concern for his safety",
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"busy",
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"intrusive",
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"meddlesome",
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"meddling",
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"nosy",
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"nosey",
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"officious",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"protrusive",
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"prying",
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"pushy",
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"snoopy"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221158",
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"cutting",
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"edged",
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"edgy",
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"ground",
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"honed",
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"keen",
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"pointed",
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"sharp",
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"sharpened",
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"whetted"
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": difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression":[
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"It is also, unfortunately, ill-written, and at times obtuse and often trivial.",
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"\u2014 Shirley Hazzard"
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],
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": exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees":[],
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": having an obtuse angle":[
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"an obtuse triangle"
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],
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": lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : insensitive , stupid":[
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"He is too obtuse to take a hint."
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],
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": not pointed or acute : blunt":[],
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": rounded at the free end":[],
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"\u2014 see triangle illustration":[
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"an obtuse triangle"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Murdoch's art, like all good art, is highly structured and controlled\u2014a house neat and clean enough to satisfy the most morally obtuse of her upper-class British characters. \u2014 Martha C. Nussbaum , New Republic , 31 Dec. 2001 & 7 Jan. 2002",
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"Only the most obtuse missed the main message: humans risked so distorting the natural order that they were sentencing themselves to be destroyed by frost or furnace. \u2014 Joseph A. Amato , Dust , 2000",
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"In fact, he was too obtuse even to realize that his assignment to Tejas was a demotion \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
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"\u2026 either he, and the other people in his shop, and two people I subsequently ask are incapable of giving directions, or I am too rattled and obtuse to follow them, but I cannot find the police station. \u2014 Renata Adler , Pitch Dark , 1983",
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"He is too obtuse to take a hint.",
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"obtuse scissors designed so that young users will not cut themselves",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In such light, Saban\u2019s words are perhaps more obtuse than overtly offensive. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
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"Where Mungiu\u2019s layered storytelling doesn\u2019t quite work is in a finale so suggestive as to remain more or less obtuse , which is unfortunate because until then, R.M.N. was building toward something powerful. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
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"Starting at an obtuse angle, such as 120 degrees, makes the exercise easier. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 21 May 2020",
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"There's something obtuse about someone taking a savage glee in watching psychotics brutally murder dozens of people on T.V. \u2014 Anthony Venditti, CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"What might ordinarily seem arcane and obtuse to the general public was actually an exciting time for those gathered in the room. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Jen is unclear to the point of being deliberately obtuse about her business relationship with Stuart. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"But more than being challenging, role-playing games by FromSoftware are often obtuse , with lots of unexplained elements that are often a big factor in how easily the experience unfolds for players. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
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"How many hard working people saw their savings eviscerated as a consequence of the horrifyingly obtuse view inside the economics and political professions that debased money is economically stimulative"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin obtusus blunt, dull, from past participle of obtundere to beat against, blunt, from ob- against + tundere to beat \u2014 more at ob- , contusion":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8ty\u00fcs",
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"\u00e4b-\u02c8t\u00fcs",
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"\u0259b-",
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"\u00e4b-\u02c8t(y)\u00fcs, \u0259b-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for obtuse dull , blunt , obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute. dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency. a dull pain a dull mind blunt suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception. a person of blunt sensibility obtuse implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination. too obtuse to take the hint",
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"synonyms":[
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"blunt",
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"blunted",
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"dull",
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"dulled"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055100",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"obtuseness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cutting",
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"edged",
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"edgy",
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"ground",
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"honed",
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"keen",
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"pointed",
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"sharp",
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"sharpened",
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"whetted"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression":[
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"It is also, unfortunately, ill-written, and at times obtuse and often trivial.",
|
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|
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"\u2014 Shirley Hazzard"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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": exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees":[],
|
||
|
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": having an obtuse angle":[
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|
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"an obtuse triangle"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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": lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : insensitive , stupid":[
|
||
|
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"He is too obtuse to take a hint."
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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": not pointed or acute : blunt":[],
|
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": rounded at the free end":[],
|
||
|
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"\u2014 see triangle illustration":[
|
||
|
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"an obtuse triangle"
|
||
|
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]
|
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|
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},
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Murdoch's art, like all good art, is highly structured and controlled\u2014a house neat and clean enough to satisfy the most morally obtuse of her upper-class British characters. \u2014 Martha C. Nussbaum , New Republic , 31 Dec. 2001 & 7 Jan. 2002",
|
||
|
|
"Only the most obtuse missed the main message: humans risked so distorting the natural order that they were sentencing themselves to be destroyed by frost or furnace. \u2014 Joseph A. Amato , Dust , 2000",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, he was too obtuse even to realize that his assignment to Tejas was a demotion \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
|
||
|
|
"\u2026 either he, and the other people in his shop, and two people I subsequently ask are incapable of giving directions, or I am too rattled and obtuse to follow them, but I cannot find the police station. \u2014 Renata Adler , Pitch Dark , 1983",
|
||
|
|
"He is too obtuse to take a hint.",
|
||
|
|
"obtuse scissors designed so that young users will not cut themselves",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In such light, Saban\u2019s words are perhaps more obtuse than overtly offensive. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Where Mungiu\u2019s layered storytelling doesn\u2019t quite work is in a finale so suggestive as to remain more or less obtuse , which is unfortunate because until then, R.M.N. was building toward something powerful. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Starting at an obtuse angle, such as 120 degrees, makes the exercise easier. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 21 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"There's something obtuse about someone taking a savage glee in watching psychotics brutally murder dozens of people on T.V. \u2014 Anthony Venditti, CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What might ordinarily seem arcane and obtuse to the general public was actually an exciting time for those gathered in the room. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jen is unclear to the point of being deliberately obtuse about her business relationship with Stuart. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But more than being challenging, role-playing games by FromSoftware are often obtuse , with lots of unexplained elements that are often a big factor in how easily the experience unfolds for players. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"How many hard working people saw their savings eviscerated as a consequence of the horrifyingly obtuse view inside the economics and political professions that debased money is economically stimulative"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Middle English, from Latin obtusus blunt, dull, from past participle of obtundere to beat against, blunt, from ob- against + tundere to beat \u2014 more at ob- , contusion":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8ty\u00fcs",
|
||
|
|
"\u00e4b-\u02c8t(y)\u00fcs, \u0259b-",
|
||
|
|
"\u00e4b-\u02c8t\u00fcs",
|
||
|
|
"\u0259b-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for obtuse dull , blunt , obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute. dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency. a dull pain a dull mind blunt suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception. a person of blunt sensibility obtuse implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination. too obtuse to take the hint",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"blunted",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"dulled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083226",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|