adj[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: garble
'to remove impure parts by putting through a container with small holes' (15-19 centuries), from
Old Italian garbellare, from
Arabic gharbala, from ghirbal
'sieve']
a garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing
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