muddling
Definitions
The act of mixing or jumbling things together in a confused or disordered way.
The process of crushing ingredients, such as herbs or fruit, at the bottom of a glass to release their flavors.
The state of proceeding in a confused, aimless, or inefficient manner.
Examples
He spent the entire afternoon muddling through the complex instructions for the new software.
The constant changes in management were muddling the team's focus and productivity.
She was muddling the ingredients for the cocktail with a wooden pestle.
Synonyms
confusing bewildering disorienting jumbling scrambling baffling perplexing
Antonyms
clarifying organizing simplifying straightening ordering elucidating arranging