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woolly
adjective (NOT CLEAR) disapproving (US also wooly) /ˈwʊl.i/Definition
› Woolly ideas and thinking are confused and not clear, and have not been considered carefully enough: It's the woolly thinking behind the book that I find so infuriating. I can't stand these woolly-headed/-minded liberals!Confusion, confusing and feeling confused woolliness (US also wooliness)
/-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of woolly adjective (NOT CLEAR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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