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• n  disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
  the army retreated in confusion
• n  a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
  a confusion of impressions
• n  a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
• n  an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
  the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel
• n  a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
  he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw

• mental confusion
• confusedness
• muddiness
• disarray
• discombobulation
• mix-up

News & Articles

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• Confusion Over Green Bay Bulk Waste Collection
  A Green Bay committee is discussing the future of the city's bulk waste pick-up. Right now there's a ton of confusion surrounding the city's bulk waste collection.
  June 13, 2013 - WBAY Green Bay
• Recapitalization Plan Sows Confusion but May Offer Big Profits
  Recapitalization Plan Sows Confusion but May Offer Big Profits        
  June 13, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• After confusion, Dunedin art center lease extended
  Confusion over lease language nearly forced a two-week delay in Dunedin city commissioners’ vote to extend the Dunedin Fine Art Center ’s lease on its city-owned building another 15 years to 2038.
  June 12, 2013 - St. Petersburg Times Blogs

Quotes

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• Shinzo Abe in Christian Science Monitor
  I decided a quick decision was necessary, and that a further delay would cause political confusion,Abe told a nationally televised news conference. "I find myself unable to keep my promises - I myself have become an obstacle to fulfilling...
• President Bush in Kansas City Star
  Bush said, "He's right, mistakes were made. And I'm, frankly, not happy about it, because there is a lot of confusion over what really has been a customary practice by the presidents."
• Naoto Kan in New York Times
  It is difficult to sustain a policy that relies too heavily on issuing debt,Mr. Kan told the Japanese Parliament in his first policy speech. "As we have seen with the financial confusion in the European Community stemming from Greece, our...