[ noun ] confusion resulting from failure to understand <noun.cognition>
Puzzlement \Puz"zle*ment\, n. The state of being puzzled; perplexity. --Miss Mitford.
The latter proved a puzzlement, giving no explicit pointers to the timing - or direction - of the Bundesbank's next interest rate move.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley expressed puzzlement Friday at the amount of time it took police to arrive on the scene.
Analysts expressed surprise and puzzlement at the strength in London, which they said wasn't justified by market fundamentals.
Even so Sir Tom's decision to join the EMH board has caused some puzzlement at his old firm.
All the puzzlement in the ranks of the efficient-market theorists is being watched with glee by Prof.
The CAC-40 index put on nearly 5 per cent in the last week of August. To the professed puzzlement of Mr Fourtou, the bourse seems to be reading any worsening of the macro-economic news as simply accelerating a reduction in interest rates.
Newly arrived Nicaraguans expressed gratitude Wednesday at the warm reception they've received and puzzlement at black resentment that some say has fueled rioting.
The IRS chief expresses some puzzlement at the large percentage of Americans who typically get tax refunds, noting that refunds amount to interest-free loans to the government.
But Keenan repeated earlier puzzlement about why the case was tried in the United States because much of the alleged illegal activity took place in the Philippines.
Because some deregulation probably would reduce pressure on AT&T to cut rates, AT&T has long expressed puzzlement over MCI's opposition to lifting rate-of-return regulation.