perplexing

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?

In campaign terms, this is an extremely perplexing outcome.

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

But a third group, which includes many independents as well as moderate Republicans, is the most perplexing.