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
Victim finally chosen is a languid, muddleheaded aristocrat whom Correspondent Thomas insists is "the last of the Romanovs."
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost every day of his hunted existence was a new complex of calculations and risks; a single muddleheaded moment might have ruined him.
From Time Magazine Archive
But servants nearly always recognize a gentleman, even if he be only a well-meaning, honest, muddleheaded gentle man like Mr. Baldwin.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is not to be historical but to be muddleheaded.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Sir Leslie Stephen
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