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abstruse

/əbˈstɹuːs/
adjective
  1. Difficult to comprehend or understand.

    Similar: esoteric, obscure, recondite

  2. Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret.

Synonymsclandestine, secret, surreptitious, esoteric, obscure, recondite

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