Word parts change

abstruse + -ness

Pronunciation change

  • (UK) IPA (key): /əbˈstruːs.nəs/
  • (US) IPA (key): /æbˈstrus.nəs/ or /əbˈstrus.nəs/

Noun change

Singular
abstruseness

Plural
none

  1. (uncountable) Abstruseness is the quality of being hard to understand.
    The abstruseness of my teacher's lectures caused me to fail his class.

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