Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Incoherent; disjointed: Used to describe speech, writing, or thought that is unclear, illogical, and lacks a smooth, flowing connection between ideas.
   • Discordant; inharmonious: Describes a lack of agreement or harmony between people, such as in a group or family, leading to tension and dissension.
   • Cluttered; messy: Refers to physical spaces or arrangements of objects that are disorderly, jumbled, and lacking neatness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bài viết của anh ấy rất lủng củng, khó hiểu. (His writing is very incoherent and hard to understand.)
  • Gia đình họ đang sống rất lủng củng. (Their family is living in a state of discord.)
  • Căn phòng để đồ lủng củng. (The room is cluttered with things.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative connotation, implying fault, deficiency, or an undesirable state that needs correction.
• It can describe abstract concepts (like plans or arguments) that are poorly structured and full of inconsistencies.
  • Kế hoạch tổ chức còn lủng củng nhiều chỗ. (The organization plan still has many disjointed parts.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lủng củng lủng cà lủng củng (adj): A reduplicated form for emphasis, meaning extremely incoherent or messy.
  • Câu chuyện kể lủng củng lủng cà lủng củng. (The story was told in a terribly disjointed manner.)

Synonyms

• Incoherent: (for speech/writing) Not logical or clear.
• Discordant: (for relationships) Disagreeing or incongruous.
• Disorderly: (for objects) Not neat or arranged.

Related Idioms

• Nói lủng củng: To speak incoherently.

  • Có vẻ anh ta lo lắng nên nói lủng củng. (It seems he was anxious so he spoke incoherently.)

• Sống lủng củng: To live in a state of constant petty disagreement.

  • Hai vợ chồng cứ sống lủng củng với nhau. (The husband and wife just keep living discordantly with each other.)

noun

1. dissension; disagreement