Definition of "addle-headed" [addle-headed]

• Stupid; muddled. An equivalent form is addle-pated.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Read Rupert's book to finish off the pernicious myth that nonprofit social enterprises are run by addle-headed leaders without high performance standards."
• "Balatta and Vngngn - the latter the addle-headed young chief who was ruled by Ngurn, and who, whispered intrigue had it, was the son of Ngurn."
• "Perhaps no one is interested in hearing what they have to say when there are so many glittering, addle-headed young celebrities around to pay attention to instead, but it is enough to have that knowledge and to take wry satisfaction, rather than umbrage, at the self-deceptions of the young."