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muddle-headed

adj

Etymology

From muddle + headed.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. suffixed as headed — “head + ed”
  7. compounded as muddle-headed — “muddle + headed”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by vague or confused thinking

    Characterized by vague or confused thinking: foolish, dull-witted, semi-conscious.

    • Near-synonyms: muddled, muddied, addleheaded, addlebrained, addled, addlepated
    • The Prime Minister provoked a backlash led by Sir Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the Government's Sustainable Development Commission, who said Mr Blair's leadership on the issue in Britain had been "patchy and muddle-headed".

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA