Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or condition of being muddy: turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment: as, the muddiness of a stream.
- noun Obscurity; want of perspicuity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment.
- noun Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the characteristic of being
muddy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
- noun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
- noun the quality of being cloudy
Etymologies
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Examples
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A: That muddiness is part of the article he’s writing — nobody had any idea what these things were.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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A: That muddiness is part of the article he’s writing — nobody had any idea what these things were.
IPSC: Mixed IP Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The girls also believe that most people will fall somewhere along a sliding scale of "muddiness" and "towniness" and devised a tongue-in-cheek Muddy Quiz to enable visitors to calculate their so-called Muddy-Townie Ratio.
Archive 2008-07-01 Thatsnews 2008
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The girls also believe that most people will fall somewhere along a sliding scale of "muddiness" and "towniness" and devised a tongue-in-cheek Muddy Quiz to enable visitors to calculate their so-called Muddy-Townie Ratio.
Rural Online Dating and Social Networking Site Launches in Ireland Thatsnews 2008
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I gave my "test song" a try on Will's iPod Mini and the result was the same exact "muddiness" as he described it.
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I gave my "test song" a try on Will's iPod Mini and the result was the same exact "muddiness" as he described it.
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I gave my "test song" a try on Will's iPod Mini and the result was the same exact "muddiness" as he described it.
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In fact, there seems to be something amiss with the EQ, as volumes and relative volumes seem to change from track to track, and there is an overall (but only slight) "muddiness" to the recording.
Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009
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How do you deal with pond problems such as muddiness or excessive plant growth?
unknown title 2009
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Each note is distinct and there is not the 'muddiness' of inadvertentkly blended tones and notes created by structural design imperfections found in many other mid-priced OMs.
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