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boggling

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for boggling.

Editorial note

How someone could create such a form without testing it on a bunch of international addresses is boggling.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

The condition of being bewildered or mystified.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of boggling gathered in one view.

noun

The condition of being bewildered or mystified.

adjective

Stupefying; mind-boggling.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for boggling.

noun

The condition of being bewildered or mystified.

adjective

Stupefying; mind-boggling.

Example sentences

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How someone could create such a form without testing it on a bunch of international addresses is boggling.

2

It's still kind of boggling to see such a giant stumble in the smartphone market to date.

3

What is boggling is how smart people _stay_ convinced by conspiracies, after contradictions are pointed out.

4

Learning about VistA is mind-boggling in its scope and complexity, and especially since it has been open-sourced for a long time.

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It's mind boggling that not only does it cost money, but its recurring.

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I'm frankly boggling at the idea that a company will seriously try to stop operations from touching GPLed software.

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That the reddit executive staff hasn't really addressed this entire shitstorm publicly and officially by now is absolutely mind-boggling given what reddit is.

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That is to say, them not paying attention to you is equivalent to missing out on an absolutely mind boggling amazing opportunity (in hindsight).

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I find it completely and utterly mind boggling that anyone would find this useful.

10

Mind boggling what we have achieved in the short space of about 60 years.

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This mind boggling feat is known as Grover’s algorithm.

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I remember first learning about programming recursive functions, mind boggling in the beginning.

Quote examples

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The alarmism over this "incident" is mind boggling.

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It's mind boggling to me, as someone who was first introduced to web development in the days of gopher, that most fresh developers don't adequately understand simplicity, but also believe it's a-ok to glue a bunch of js & css libraries together and call it "good enough".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use boggling in a sentence?

How someone could create such a form without testing it on a bunch of international addresses is boggling.

What does boggling mean?

The condition of being bewildered or mystified.

What part of speech is boggling?

boggling is commonly used as noun, adjective.