baffling
adjective
baf·fling
ˈba-f(ə-)liŋ 
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
a baffling decision
found the directions utterly baffling
bafflingly
adverb
a bafflingly complex explanation
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Even by the standards of long-shot campaigns, this one has made some baffling missteps.
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
My friend Bud, who lives around the corner from me in Florida half the year and in his North Carolina cabin the other half, recently texted me with a baffling problem.
—Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety Ramchandani’s baffling screenplay contains the most obvious, stock archetypes of people recurrent in Hollywood’s uninteresting depictions of Latino communities.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
The little information the police did reveal was often confusing, baffling, even contradictory.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
My friend Bud, who lives around the corner from me in Florida half the year and in his North Carolina cabin the other half, recently texted me with a baffling problem.
—Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety Ramchandani’s baffling screenplay contains the most obvious, stock archetypes of people recurrent in Hollywood’s uninteresting depictions of Latino communities.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
The little information the police did reveal was often confusing, baffling, even contradictory.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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