muddle

This lack of precision or definition makes for a great muddle of a category, but also an opportunity for politicians to appeal to a group of voters that may include somewhere between one-half to three-quarters of all Americans.

But this measure is a Byzantine quagmire of foggy muddle.

Day in and day out, Times reporters use the passive voice to muddle responsibility for heinous acts committed by Republicans, find fault with “both sides,” and create false equivalencies between two parties, only one of which respects facts and the rule of law.

Instead of definition, the staging gives us a muddle of free-floating feeling.

The presence of a third party, arguing that the defendant should be convicted of the top charge and be sentenced to the longest possible term of incarceration, would serve only to muddle the proceedings and cause delay.