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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At best, this total DJI ban is a baffling oversight.
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
And then getting to support Taylor was just baffling and wild, and just so cool and so affirming.
—Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Gritty Nobody ever said Pennsylvania was short on personality—and hometown pride takes a baffling but beloved form in Gritty, the Philly Flyers mascot.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Patients taken to court described baffling bills, confusing health plan rules, and frustrating and fruitless telephone calls to hospital billing offices and health insurers’ customer-service lines.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
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Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
And then getting to support Taylor was just baffling and wild, and just so cool and so affirming.
—Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Gritty Nobody ever said Pennsylvania was short on personality—and hometown pride takes a baffling but beloved form in Gritty, the Philly Flyers mascot.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Patients taken to court described baffling bills, confusing health plan rules, and frustrating and fruitless telephone calls to hospital billing offices and health insurers’ customer-service lines.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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