baffling
adjective
baf·fling
ˈba-f(ə-)liŋ 
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
a baffling decision
found the directions utterly baffling
bafflingly
adverb
a bafflingly complex explanation
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But more baffling was that Colby Trickle had said his wife's death was a suicide.
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Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
From people’s unwillingness to buy health insurance for their pets, to the overspending, to the baffling moralizing on other people’s life choices in the face of a sick dog.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
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Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
From people’s unwillingness to buy health insurance for their pets, to the overspending, to the baffling moralizing on other people’s life choices in the face of a sick dog.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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