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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What makes this reversal not just baffling but dangerous is its context.
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
Here’s the most baffling part of the Republican budget bill, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) writes in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 22 July 2025
Elsewhere, Lex and his nephew Lenny (Jon Cryer) combine a strand of Superman’s hair with an explosion of every nuclear weapon to create Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), a pro-wrestler-like villain who partakes in some of the weakest and most baffling comic-book action ever conceived.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Some of the show, frankly, is a bit baffling, including a weirdly surreal piece involving talking trees.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
Here’s the most baffling part of the Republican budget bill, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) writes in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
—Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 22 July 2025
Elsewhere, Lex and his nephew Lenny (Jon Cryer) combine a strand of Superman’s hair with an explosion of every nuclear weapon to create Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow), a pro-wrestler-like villain who partakes in some of the weakest and most baffling comic-book action ever conceived.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Some of the show, frankly, is a bit baffling, including a weirdly surreal piece involving talking trees.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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