muddleheaded
Americanadjective
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Origin of muddleheaded
Example Sentences
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Historians have tended to consider Populism muddleheaded: America looked forward, Populists looked backward.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
Basically, the rebellion failed because Sukarno, however exasperating and muddleheaded, is neither vicious nor ruthless, and does not rouse the passionate indignation needed to fuel a popular uprising.
From Time Magazine Archive
Victim finally chosen is a languid, muddleheaded aristocrat whom Correspondent Thomas insists is "the last of the Romanovs."
From Time Magazine Archive
The trouble lay in the abrupt, muddleheaded way the cutback had been ordered �without due notice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, before any other voices beyond the wall could speak, Nirea—he had been a muddleheaded and drooling fool not to seal her mouth—Nirea screamed.
From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.
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