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Recent Examples of muddiness
Similarly, his state-of-the-art sound mix rescues the gorgeous detail in her singing from the inevitable muddiness of an arena sound system.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The muddiness of Manchester gives way to a brighter color palette later in the film as Lee and her followers travel to America in pursuit of religious freedom.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2025
Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
The muddiness of Manchester gives way to a brighter color palette later in the film as Lee and her followers travel to America in pursuit of religious freedom.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muddiness
Noun
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But their living situation could fairly be described as squalor.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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But does the vitality mask the squalor or the squalor the vitality?—
SPIN Team,
SPIN,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Despite the messiness of the in-person, one-to-one, low tech services, the EDD Job Service counselors and staff of the time often talk with fondness about the culture that grew out of these local services.—
Michael Bernick,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The messiness of a 13-year scientific undertaking, the back-channel negotiations, the philosophical disagreements, the institutional maneuvering — none of that fits neatly into an obituary.—
Zachary Utz,
STAT,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Despite the sloppiness, Rafaela was awarded an RBI single.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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For example, journalists at The New York Times use AI to supplement their work while also acknowledging the potential sloppiness of such tools and need for experts and journalists to do the work.—
Matthew N. Hannah,
The Conversation,
8 May 2026
Noun
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These conspicuous little signs of untidiness take mere seconds to clean up and can be the secret to a home that somehow always looks pristine, even if just at first glance.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bills are being paid late, the practice is a frightening level of untidiness, there’s a miniature horse in the study, and Siegfried is passed out on the sofa with some loose woman under a trench coat beside him.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Muddiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddiness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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