muddleheaded

[ muhd-l-hed-id ]

adjective

1. confused in one's thinking; blundering:

   a muddleheaded assertion.

muddleheaded

/ ˌmʌdəlˈhɛdɪd /

adjective

1. mentally confused or vague

Derived Forms

• ˌmuddleˈheadedness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of muddleheaded¹

First recorded in 1750–60; muddle + headed

Example Sentences

Historians have tended to consider Populism muddleheaded: America looked forward, Populists looked backward.

From The New Yorker

In that case, what, in the name of all that is muddleheaded, becomes of the "unchanging tendency towards warfare"?

From Project Gutenberg

"A word of advice for those muddleheaded congressmen: don't go too far, don't play with fire."

From Reuters

Then, before any other voices beyond the wall could speak, Nirea—he had been a muddleheaded and drooling fool not to seal her mouth—Nirea screamed.

From Project Gutenberg

That is not to be historical but to be muddleheaded.

From Project Gutenberg