abstruse
adjective
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric.
abstruseness
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a word derived from
abstruse.
Example Sentences
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Robust ratings prevail, while the departure of Amanda "middle distance" Burton in 2004 has seen wilful abstruseness replaced by a slicker, Spooks-ier, less overtly guff approach.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011
Milnor is also known as a great expositor, whose books are low on abstruseness and high on simple, common-sense explanations.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 23, 2011
If abstruseness is your subject – and it's hard to find any other for C – you have to get it right.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2010
The abstruseness of the contest winners’ writing is deceptive.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
But abstruseness is a quality appertaining to no subject per se.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe
