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muddleheaded

American  
[muhd-l-hed-id] / ˈmʌd lˌhɛd ɪd /

adjective

  1. confused in one's thinking; blundering.

    a muddleheaded assertion.


muddleheaded British  
/ ˌmʌdəlˈhɛdɪd /

adjective

  1. mentally confused or vague

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of muddleheaded

First recorded in 1750–60; muddle + headed

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Historians have tended to consider Populism muddleheaded: America looked forward, Populists looked backward.

From The New Yorker Aug. 1, 2016

To a muddleheaded Government clerk who telephoned him to ask what should be done with a carload of shingles, he replied: "Print the Lord's Prayer on every one of them."

From Time Magazine Archive

To many leaders in the church hierarchy, the sisters' activity is misguided and muddleheaded.

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

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 Geoff St. Reynard

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