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abstruse

IPA pronunciation: /æbˈstruːs/

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Russian meaning

Глубокомысленный, трудный для понимания

English definition

Difficult to understand; obscure.

Example

Her thesis engaged with abstruse topological theorems.

Collocations

abstruse theories
abstruse argument
remain abstruse

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