muddle-headed
Example Sentences
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"Snow White the movie has its charms, and dozens of cute CGI forest animals, but on the whole it is a painfully muddle-headed affair," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
That opening shot, for example, is a demonstration of impressive filmmaking skill tethered to a dubious cause, a sign that what follows will be slick, aggressive and muddle-headed.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2020
A muddle-headed resistance puts solidarity among its members before justice, thus scorning the victim.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2018
It was muddle-headed and disorganised, reflecting a campaign effort that appears amateurish, underfunded and insufficient.
From Economist • Jul. 21, 2016
For the most part one is dealing with sheer intellectual incapacity; with people, muddle-headed perhaps, but quite well-meaning, who are really unable to grasp the quantitative element in things.
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
