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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One huge factor here is that Wilds did not have a somewhat baffling Switch-only launch like Rise did, accounting for almost all of this huge sales gap.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Even more baffling: Lemons went back to work just three weeks later!
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Although the banker increased the offer amount from Round Two, her odds actually fell from 50:50, which made her choice to accept the deal even more baffling.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
The frankly baffling transaction electrified the internet’s Magic Bullet Theory set, as bug-eyed weirdos took to social media to claim that NBA commissioner Adam Silver had engineered the trade as a means to boost the league’s TV ratings.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Even more baffling: Lemons went back to work just three weeks later!
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Although the banker increased the offer amount from Round Two, her odds actually fell from 50:50, which made her choice to accept the deal even more baffling.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
The frankly baffling transaction electrified the internet’s Magic Bullet Theory set, as bug-eyed weirdos took to social media to claim that NBA commissioner Adam Silver had engineered the trade as a means to boost the league’s TV ratings.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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