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Meanings of puzzling in English

Not clear to the understanding.

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Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.

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Examples for "confusing"
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However, logging on to the jobs portal is quite a confusing experience.
News.com.au
2
It said aproving the methods was difficult because the legislation is confusing.
Radio NZ
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This new legislation is not only confusing, but astounding, said Dr Courtin.
News.com.au
4
But it's 2012 in Ireland and that's a much more confusing situation.
The Irish Times
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I could see how rattled she was by this confusing new situation.
The Girls
1
The not considering of this has been a fundamental and perplexing oversight.
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
2
It has been a perplexing four months or so for South Africa.
The South African
3
The events of the evening had been somewhat perplexing to the former.
Jeanne of the Marshes
4
However, this trend makes the prison building programme all the more perplexing.
The Irish Times
5
She had all the fascination of being absolutely perplexing in this respect.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
Usage of puzzling in English
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Using deeply scientific methodology, we've uncovered the reasons behind this puzzling phenomenon.
The Guardian
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The intervention of SIPTU is an entirely different and extremely puzzling matter.
The Irish Times
3
This is where the sometimes puzzling idea of food patents come in.
The Irish Times
4
A puzzling thing happened on a stage in London on Monday afternoon.
The Irish Times
5
However, her article last Monday contained some opinions that I found puzzling.
The Irish Times
6
I must say, you've been a wonderful subject, but a puzzling one.
Midnight at the well of souls
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Something had been puzzling me, however, and I thought about it now.
A touch of death
8
From the house came the confused sound of voices in puzzling chorus.
The Last Shot
9
Coming from a company that most certainly understands the web, it's puzzling.
Wired
10
Madam, - I found David Gray's letter of February 29th rather puzzling.
The Irish Times
11
His forehead furrowed, as if he was puzzling out a design problem.
Water, stone, heart
12
The confusion and hubbub were in a high degree disturbing and puzzling.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
13
Such was the gist of the newspaper accounts of the puzzling affair.
In Friendship's Guise
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Symbols and allegory stain almost every page of this long, puzzling book.
The Guardian
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There are two puzzling sections in Job that pinpoint these two problems.
Three philosophies of life
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More puzzling yet, all telemetry ceased about two minutes before the explosion.
Futures 1
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Puzzling through the time
Puzzling across language varieties
Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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