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Confused

Meanings and phrases

confused

adj.

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; baffled; befuddled; bemused; bewildered; confounded; lost; mazed; mixed-up; at sea
lacking orderly continuity; disconnected; disjointed; disordered; garbled; illogical; scattered; unconnected
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; broken; disordered; upset
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; disoriented; lost
mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently

not be confused

E.g.

This airport should not be confused with the W.K.
It should not be confused with Eastern Orthodoxy.
Rushlights should not be confused with rush-candles.

often confused

E.g.

City branding is often confused with City marketing.
It is often confused with Cyrtodactylus collegalensis.
The terms "lipid", "oil", and "fat" are often confused.

sometimes confused

E.g.

Grullos are sometimes confused with roans or grays.
Arc Dome is sometimes confused with Toiyabe Dome.
and sometimes confused with the nearby Baishui.

confused with another

E.g.

Père Noël is sometimes confused with another character.
In common usage, the dukun is often confused with another type of shaman, the pawang.
She is not to be confused with another English field hockey player named Joanne Ellis.

easily confused

E.g.

This use of "se" is easily confused with the medial "se".
It can be easily confused with "B. catharticus" and "B. stamineus".
They are easily confused but can not be used interchangeably, requiring care in usage.

confused with other

E.g.

The castle has been confused with other castles in the country, e.g.
These models of socialism are not to be confused with other forms of market socialism (e.g.
The common buzzard is often confused with other raptors especially in flight or at a distance.