addle
/ˈædəl/
adjective
- Confused or unable to think clearly; muddled.
- After the long flight, she felt addle and couldn't remember where she parked.
- His addle mind kept mixing up the names of his coworkers.
- The addle old man wandered the streets, lost in his thoughts.
- Of an egg: rotten or not developing properly.
- The nest contained two addle eggs and one healthy one.
- They threw away the addle eggs to prevent the smell from spreading.
- The addle egg gave off a terrible smell when broken open.
verb
- To make someone unable to think clearly; to confuse or muddle.
- The complicated instructions addled the students during the exam.
- The constant noise addled his concentration, so he couldn't finish his work.
- Lack of sleep can addle your judgment and make you forgetful.
- To cause an egg to become rotten or unable to develop into a chick.
- The farmer noticed that the heat had addled several eggs in the nest.
- If you shake an egg too much, it may addle and never hatch.
- The old hen sat on addled eggs for weeks without any chicks appearing.
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