muddle-headed
adjEtymology From muddle + headed.
1
Of persons or their thoughts Characterized by vague or confused thinking: foolish, dull-witted, semi-conscious.
- Near-synonyms: muddled, muddied, addleheaded, addlebrained, addled, addlepated
- 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".2007 Jan. 10, The Independent