abstruseness

noun

Definition of abstrusenessnext
as in obtuseness

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  1. complexity
  2. difficulty
  3. complication
  4. impenetrability
Noun
  • There were also financial dynamics that added complexity to the pursuits.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • When a system fails you—when your taxes go up, when your claim is denied, when your hydrants run dry—the complexity of the system is no consolation.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of complexity
Noun
  • Each group is coded by color to indicate difficulty: yellow for the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple for more challenging sets.
    Billie Schwab Dunn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The difficulty in separating them, though, stems from their career statistics, which in some categories are nearly identical.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of difficulty
Noun
  • In 2012, Cruz suffered a torn ACL that required surgery, but complications arose when his body rejected the replacement ligament from a cadaver, leaving him on the shelf for several additional months after having to undergo a second surgery.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Treatment can effectively manage symptoms, prevent complications, and help prevent future gallbladder attacks.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of complication
Noun
  • Curiously, this rediscovered impenetrability has come with Nick Pope, the undisputed No 1 goalkeeper, injured.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Kim Gordon, The Collective A 71-year-old noise-rocker reciting spoken word over drum machines might scan as avant-garde impenetrability.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of impenetrability
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