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addled

[ad-ld] / ˈæd ld /


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Only one scene really has an impact: Ben runs into a nerd-revolutionary, adorably played by Michael Cera, who seems like a little brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s addled old radical in “One Battle After Another.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

No mastermind, Musk is more Scaramucci 2.0—an addled and overcaffeinated whirlwind that we all hoped would be one more chapter to which we could say: “Whoa, that was wild. Next.”

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

But, like every addled maniac, his hatred lacks focus.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

In Japan, I learned that many of the walls that toppled in 2011 had been built after World War II, when the country churned out concrete to spark its addled economy.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

His eyes moved sluggishly, as if he had been addled by a blow to the head.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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