opaque
/oʊˈpeɪk/ adj [not gradable]Definition
› (of a substance) preventing light from traveling through, and therefore not allowing you to see through it: opaque watercolors › Opaque also means difficult to understand: The majority of readers found his poetry difficult, even opaque.
(Definition of opaque adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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