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abstruse
abstruse
/əbˈstruːs/
adjective
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
(
abstruse
,
deep
,
recondite
)
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
The professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
A deep metaphysical theory
a deep metaphysical theory
Some recondite problem in historiography
some recondite problem in historiography
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