Definitions
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- adjective Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome.
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- adjective
confusing orpuzzling - adjective
bewildering - verb Present participle of
perplex .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
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Examples
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Like an additional story, a a single about how Bryant pronounced Sam "Bam" Cunningham was "what a football player looks like," it competence be some-more apocryph! al than pure truth, yet a essential fable of a mythological manager in perplexing times is as great great not to be true.
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What's rather perplexing is how white athletes often get treated more favorably than their African-American counterparts.
Dexter Rogers: Albert Haynesworth: How Can a $100-Million Dollar Athlete Proclaim He's a 'Slave?' Dexter Rogers 2010
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Like an additional story, a a single about how Bryant pronounced Sam "Bam" Cunningham was "what a football player looks like," it competence be some-more apocryph! al than pure truth, yet a essential fable of a mythological manager in perplexing times is as great great not to be true.
Excerpt from PIGSKIN WARRIORS: 140 YEARS OF THE GAMES GREATEST ... admin 2009
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All-time career victories have been of impetus critical census data to have use of in perplexing to establish a "greatest" all-time college football coach, yet as in all things a group fool around for inhabitant championships.
Excerpt from PIGSKIN WARRIORS: 140 YEARS OF THE GAMES GREATEST ... admin 2009
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Also perplexing is the fact that the tweets came from around the world, and the researchers don't know how many of them were conceived in the U.S., where the DJIA is based.
Twitter Mood Predicts Stock Market Changes, Study Says The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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All-time career victories have been of impetus critical census data to have use of in perplexing to establish a "greatest" all-time college football coach, yet as in all things a group fool around for inhabitant championships.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Also perplexing is the fact that the tweets came from around the world, and the researchers don't know how many of them were conceived in the U.S., where the DJIA is based.
Twitter Mood Predicts Stock Market Changes, Study Says The Huffington Post 2010
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This is because while human beings are multifaceted creatures with intricate neural networks for making logical decisions and using sound fact-based judgments, sometimes they simply behave in perplexing and illogical ways.
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What's perplexing is that it took the court 32 pages to reach its conclusion.
IsThatLegal? 2003
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Even more perplexing is a page in the Mets 'media guide that outlines plans for a new stadium by 2004.
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