confusing

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confusing (comparative more confusing, superlative most confusing)

1. difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

   Several sections in that book are really confusing.

   • 2017 May 16, Jacqueline Howard, “‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.”

• muddlesome
• mistakable
• misleading
• Thesaurus:confusing

• confusingly
• confusingness
• more confusing than a Rubik's cube

• confuse
• confused
• confusion

confusing

1. present participle and gerund of confuse