confused

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Unable to think clearly or understand something.

   Many people are confused about what counts as a healthy food.

2. 2
   adj

   Not clear or well organized; mixed up.

   He gave me a confused set of instructions that made no sense.

Originally from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus + Middle English -ed (past participial suffix), from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō; now equivalent to confuse (a back-formation) + -ed.

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