confoundedness
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con·found·ed
 (kən-foun′dĭd, kŏn-)adj.
1. Confused; befuddled: A crowd of confounded bystanders stared at the appalling wreckage.
2. Used as an intensive: a confounded fool.
con·found′ed·ly adv.
con·found′ed·ness n.
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