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muddle-headed

ADJECTIVE

confused

Synonyms

WEAK

abashed addled addlepated at a loss at sea at sixes and sevens baffled befuddled bewildered come apart confounded confusional dazed discombobulated disconcerted disorganized distracted flummoxed flustered fouled-up glassy-eyed gone misled mixed up muddled nonplussed not with it out to lunch perplexed perturbed punch-drunk punchy puzzled screwy shook-up shot to pieces slaphappy spaced out stumped taken aback thrown thrown off balance turbid unglued unscrewed unzipped

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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

"But, Dinky-Dunk, don't you think Babe's a month or so too young to take up Debussy and the Post-Impressionists, you big, foolish, adorable old muddle-headed captor of helpless ladies' hearts!"

From The Prairie Wife by Dunn, Harvey

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