👉 In linguistics, "subobtuseness" refers to a grammatical feature that distinguishes between two or more words with different meanings. It is similar to but distinct from obsolescence, in which an object's value decreases over time due to wear and tear. For example, consider the sentence: "The car was a subobtuseness of my father." The word "subobtuseness" here refers to the fact that the car was old and not as new