Meaning & use
muddling
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Confusing or mixing things up, or managing to get by despite disorganization or difficulty.
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He kept muddling the two clients' names during the call.
The small business was muddling through the crisis without a clear plan.
A note on using this word
Frequently appears in the phrase 'muddling through,' meaning to manage a difficult situation without a clear strategy, often with an implication of scraping by rather than excelling.
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