No one could solve such an abstruse problem.
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Abstruse
/əbˈstɹuːs/
Synonyms for "abstruse" (119 found)
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delicatedemandingdifficiledifficulteclipsededucatedencyclopediceruditeesotericexactingfineformidablehairyhardhard earnedhard foughthard-earnedhard-foughtheavyherculean
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hermetichidhiddenhypotheticalidealin a cloudin a fogin eclipsein purdahin the wingsincommunicadoincomprehensibleintricate
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dense drill rows
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jawbreakingknottedknottylaboriouslatentlearnedletteredliteratemeanmysteriousno picnicnot easyobfuscatedobscureobscuredoccultopaqueoperosepansophicpolyhistoric
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polymathpolymathicprofoundpuzzlingreconditerigorousroughruggedscholarlyscholasticsecludedseclusesecretsequesteredset with thornsseverespinysteepstrenuousstudioussubtlethornyticklishtoilsometoughtranscendentaltrickyunder an eclipseunder coverunder house arrestunder wrapsundercoverundergroundunknownuphillwickedwisewrapped in clouds
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15 total sentences available.
Professionals in many fields write in a style that is purposefully abstruse and unclear.
Source: tatoeba (5991319)
"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere."
Source: tatoeba (6373678)
Some time the good makithe an ile end⸝ ãd the ile a godd. In this opiniõ⸝ and in ſcrutable miſterie be werithe all his wittes⸝ and at the end of his cogitacions⸝ fyndithe more abſtruſe⸝ and doutfull obiections thẽ at the beginning⸝ […]
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