Wiktionary
a. stupid and confused or muddled alt. stupid and confused or muddled
WordNet
adj. stupid and confused; used especially of persons; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne [syn: addlepated, potty, puddingheaded, muddleheaded]
Usage examples of "addlebrained".
At first, the somewhat addlebrained but sympathetic sheriff, Bernabe Montoya, figured it was just one more irrational manifestation of an ornery temperament, of a kid, now almost middle-aged, with a king-sized chip on his shoulder, going slightly amuck.
That, said Tom, was addlebrained, for she would only mope herself to death at Austerby.
Taking into account that Colton Wyndham was no addlebrained nitwit, Adriana had no recourse but to believe he had deliberately dismissed her earlier suggestion.
She would never in a million years admit it to her mother, but she was also worried that she was slowly becoming one of those addlebrained old spinster cat ladies.
I came to be so addlebrained, but when I staked it I had quite forgotten that it was one of the pieces I had had copied!
Beside her, the addlebrained hermit from Bespin, Streen, looked at the raindrops on his hands and flicked his gaze from side to side.