muddleheaded
adjective
confused in one's thinking; blundering.
muddleheadedness
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a word derived from
muddleheaded.
Example Sentences
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I saw Lakshmi as a little foreshock tremor to the great earthquake of muddleheadedness to come.
From Slate ● May 22, 2012
For instance, he finds the patriarch of modern sociology, Talcott Parsons, guilty of "monumental muddleheadedness" and of making "the simplest truth appear unfathomably obscure."
From Time Magazine Archive
He was not blind to his faults, accused himself of "immature violence, rhythmic monotony, muddleheadedness, overweighted imagery."
From Time Magazine Archive
Theme of the 0'Casey version of the play is the tragic muddleheadedness of the revolutionists, the Irish romanticism that made their rebellion fizzle off in ranting, saloon fights and ill-timed heroics.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took the man's keys softly, and went to the gate; it afforded him less pleasure to observe that the gate was unlocked, but he put this down to the keeper's muddleheadedness.
From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings
