muddle-headed

See also: muddleheaded

English

Etymology

From muddle +‎ headed.

Adjective

muddle-headed (comparative more muddle-headed, superlative most muddle-headed)

1. (of persons or their thoughts) Characterized by vague or confused thinking: foolish, dull-witted, semi-conscious.

   Alternative form: muddleheaded

   Near-synonyms: muddled, muddied, addleheaded, addlebrained, addled, addlepated

   • 2007 Jan. 10, The Independent:

     The Prime Minister provoked a backlash led by Sir Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the Government's Sustainable Development Commission, who said Mr Blair's leadership on the issue in Britain had been "patchy and muddle-headed".

Translations

thinking in a muddled way

Chinese: Mandarin: 顢頇 / 颟顸 (zh) (mānhān) Dutch: warhoofdig, in de war, verward (nl) Polish: zmącony, ogłupiały Swedish: vimsig (sv), virrig (sv)