muddled
Word-form referencesmuddle
Adjective
Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
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Near-synonym: muddle-headed
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Richardson took over, and Mitchell proceeded to the refreshment room in his turn, but when he came back some ten minutes later, it was evident that he had been indulging in something more potent than coffee, and he was in a very muddled state.
The selection of James Milner ahead of Young was the product of muddled thinking and the absence of Peter Crouch - with 22 goals in 42 England appearances - from even the substitutes' bench was also a surprise.
Adjective
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
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muddleheaded ideas
your addled little brain
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woolly thinking
woolly-headed ideas
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