"muddle-headed" meaning in English

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          "text": "The Prime Minister provoked a backlash led by Sir Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the Government's Sustainable Development Commission, who said Mr Blair's leadership on the issue in Britain had been \"patchy and muddle-headed\"."
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          "sense": "thinking in a muddled way",
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          "sense": "thinking in a muddled way",
          "word": "warhoofdig"
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          "sense": "thinking in a muddled way",
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          "sense": "thinking in a muddled way",
          "word": "verward"
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          "sense": "thinking in a muddled way",
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          "sense": "thinking in a muddled way",
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