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Flummoxed (adj) means Confused, puzzled or flustered.

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Confused, puzzled or flustered.

"‘Itʼs amazing, these bosses call all the shots but are flummoxed by the smallest technological advances.’" — Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie (2019)

"He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise."

"“What would you have done?” he demanded more than once of Ms. Le Pen, without ever getting a direct response. She did not seem to have one and looked flummoxed." — Roger Cohen, Macron and Le Pen Trade Punches in Pivotal Debate on France’s Future (2022)

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