The results, though, are disappointing - and a little confusing.

As a result, he can be a little confusing.

Its format was a little confusing before, but it has been reorganised and spruced up, with colour-coded pages, colour pictures and hugely improved colour maps.

Sorry, was that a little confusing?

It was all a little confusing.

The voters may have offered a confusing message but on this one issue they spoke plainly.

It's a really confusing message and a disappointing step back in time.

Even here he's sending a confusing message.

For savers, it's a confusing message.

The risk may also be increased when you are angry because of the unique effect the emotion has on the nervous system, further confusing messages received by the heart.

The enlargement of moral register may have sent confusing signals to an audience unprepared for such things, though it ensured the play's more enduring appeal.

Millions of people risk losing compensation for payment protection mis-selling because of confusing signals.

He sends confusing signals and it's tiring trying to second-guess him.

Yet it has been giving confusing signals.

Five hours of concentrated legal debate yesterday failed to clarify a confusing situation made even more unpredictable by two new bids for the club.

Your insight makes sense of a confusing situation.

This only adds confusion to an already confusing situation.

That's a very confusing situation to be in.

I think it creates a very complicated and confusing situation when things that are considered legitimate live alongside completely unacceptable things.

This confusing statement caused her many online critics to smack their lips.

The government has come under fire from scientists for inconsistent and confusing statements.

Trading standards officers released confusing statements yesterday.

As a result, during the following trial, trying to please both parts, he made confusing statements, which only helped the prosecution, used to manipulate ambiguous statements in its advantage.

We have been deluged with new and often confusing terms ... and some old and confusing ones as well.

Avoid any offers with unclear or confusing terms.

In some literature, these can be called orthoquartzites, a confusing term which usually refers to the metamorphic rock quartzite, though most metamorphic quartzites are diagentically fused from quartz arenites.

The teacher might also, in later use, add in some confusing terms for the students to discover.

Critics have attacked the plan as weak and potentially confusing.

There are a number of such post-trial actions and proceedings, their differences being potentially confusing, thus bearing some explanation.

Previous releases removed threats on sight and quietly warned users, potentially confusing when users are deceived in downloading rogue security software.

Dell, for one, has been the subject of rebate complaints involving misprinted receipts, potentially confusing expiration dates, and service representatives who are slow to react.

Conversely, in some cases homophonous terms may be distinguished in writing by different characters, but not so distinguished in speech, and hence potentially confusing.

If you find this description somewhat confusing, not to mention downright intimidating, then just try actually pulling it off.

So far, the data paint a somewhat confusing, and concerning, picture.

Within the movie's ingenious (and initially somewhat confusing) plot, it's a collective illusion created by machines to keep human beings docile and helpless.

It's a texty and somewhat confusing experience.

Its contents are somewhat confusing but can be summarized more or less as follows.