gar ‧ bled /ˈɡɑːb ə ld $ ˈɡɑːr-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: garble 'to remove impure parts by putting through a container with small holes' (15-19 centuries) , from Old Italian garbellare , from Arabic gharbala , from ghirbal 'sieve' ]
a garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing SYN confused :
The papers had some garbled version of the story.
a garbled phone message
—garble verb [transitive]
—garble noun [uncountable]