perplexing

While “Wicked” doesn’t need to be the same technicolor utopia as “The Wizard of Oz,” the movie often leaves its characters drowned out by perplexing lighting design.

This demand presents a perplexing cycle -- energy production often requires water, and water production from desalination now requires significant energy.

It is a rivalry that rarely disappoints, which made the first half all the more perplexing.

The case raises a perplexing question: is a notification valid if no copy of it can be found?

Their daughter’s determination to become a comic was perplexing to them, to say the least.