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Meanings of muddled in English

Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

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Usage of muddled in English
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If the south achieves freedom it is through their work, however muddled.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
2
Confusion muddled his mind-hewasn't quite sure what to think or say.
The Scorch Trials
3
That issue settled, my mind drifted to another muddled order of business.
Private Sector
4
And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
5
The knock-out drops muddled her; but he went down like a log.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
6
For something tremendous has happened; I must face it without getting muddled.
A Room with a View
7
Shearson Lehman muddled through for almost ten years under the Amex umbrella.
A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
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It's not all muddled and misleading though: one illuminating comment proves useful!
The South African
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The message could be muddled when Russia and soccer converge in 2018.
Reuters
10
That is not the only time the government's message has been muddled.
News.com.au
11
Georgina's account, although muddled in details, had the authentic oddity of Dickens.
The Guardian
12
This matter could be as simple as temporarily heightened and muddled feelings.
The South African
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Things were happening too quickly for his acid-muddled mind to catch up.
Apocalypse of the Dead
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Anne tried to think of Simopolis, but her thoughts quickly became muddled.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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We are all in rather a muddled state with our President affair.
Vailima Letters / Being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis...
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It was only a muddled dream that you saw in your sleep.'
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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