ˈməd ə ld adjective
Etymology: from past participle of muddle (I)
: characterized by a confused state: as
a. : dull of mind : slightly stupid ; also : intoxicated
being at the same time slightly muddled with liquor — Charles Dickens
b. : having little reality : cloudy , vague
in a muddled platonic way he feels some affection for the girl — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin
the mixed and muddled skepticism of the Renaissance — T.S.Eliot
muddled thinking as ignoble as dirty conduct — H.G.Wells
her muddled yearnings and dreamings dissolved into storms of furious tears — Ruth Park
c. : mixed-up , jumbled
the gigantic growth of government expenditures, the muddled tax situation — E.B.George
much of the information he gives is muddled — H.P.Stern