Definitions
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- adjective
Confused ,groggy ,semi-conscious . - adjective
Foolish ,stupid
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- adjective stupid and confused
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Examples
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Pronouncements about corporate social responsibility, he added, are the indulgence of "pontificating executives" who are "incredibly shortsighted and muddleheaded in matters that are outside their businesses."
Are Companies Responsible for Creating Jobs? John Bussey 2011
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For the most part I have been muddleheaded, and any motivation and good intentions tend to ebb and flow ....
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If the soldiers seem slow and muddleheaded, their leaders are even more so.
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It would not be fair to the teacher, it would not be fair to classmates, and it would not be fair to ourselves ... to arrive on June 27th bare-handed and brouillonne (or muddleheaded)
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For the most part I have been muddleheaded, and any motivation and good intentions tend to ebb and flow ....
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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If the soldiers seem slow and muddleheaded, their leaders are even more so.
29 « January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Certainly anyone with a brain the size of a desicated pea would be able to understand that this Latina Woman has demonstrated beyond any doubt that she would be a far better judge than any of the seven Republican senators who have repetedly demonstrated mindless bias, intolerance, and simple, muddleheaded stupidity this past week.
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If the soldiers seem slow and muddleheaded, their leaders are even more so.
January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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It would not be fair to the teacher, it would not be fair to classmates, and it would not be fair to ourselves ... to arrive on June 27th bare-handed and brouillonne (or muddleheaded)
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Of course, when the right candidate appears, muddleheaded progressives can convince themselves that they there is something to vote for.
trivet commented on the word muddleheaded
"I've got lots of brains," said the wombat. "You listen to them rattle." He shook his head and it rattled beautifully.
(The Muddle-headed Wombat, by Ruth Park)
June 9, 2007