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muddle-headed



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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

A muddle-headed resistance puts solidarity among its members before justice, thus scorning the victim.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2018

One now frequently hears arguments, sometimes from corporate executives, that maximizing shareholder value is a muddle-headed and counterproductive aim for corporations.

From New York Times • May 18, 2018

It was muddle-headed and disorganised, reflecting a campaign effort that appears amateurish, underfunded and insufficient.

From Economist • Jul. 21, 2016

I believe those old tales were founded on muddle-headed confusion of mind in the days when dreams were as real to mankind as the events of life.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah




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