muddler

noun

Definition of muddlernext
as in incompetent

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Recent Examples of muddler Attendees will also have the opportunity to craft a custom muddler from authentic barrel staves and participate in a bung-driving relay that brings a traditional barrel-preparation technique to life. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 For more instant gratification, grab a muddler (or the back of a wooden spoon or the end of a rolling pin). — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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  1. incompetent
  2. butcher
  3. blunderbuss
Noun
  • The Dodgers reached the pinnacle honestly, in a capitalistic structure that properly hands no favors to the incompetent.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of incompetent
Noun
  • Sabrina came from a high-status family of scholars, and Phillip, the struggling musician and child of butchers, wasn’t enough for her family.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Independent grocery stores and butchers that use the same refrigeration system may also have been affected.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of butcher
Noun
  • The blunderbuss of violations of the basic decorum and dignity of democracy have become such a daily matter that the increasingly familiar response is to sigh and surrender.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
    — Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Definition of blunderbuss

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“Muddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddler. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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