muddleheaded
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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
Victim finally chosen is a languid, muddleheaded aristocrat whom Correspondent Thomas insists is "the last of the Romanovs."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
In his essays, "Random Memories," he tells of the "dizzy muddleheaded joy" he had in his surroundings, swaying like a reed, and grabbing at the fish which darted past him.
From The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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