Kanji 駁 refutation, contradiction Related words 混こん 乱らん 混乱 is a noun/suru-verb for a state of disorder or confusion, often in situations or systems. 雑駁 is an adjectival noun describing the quality of being a mishmash of inconsistent elements, more about intellectual or informational incoherence.
支し 離り 滅めつ 裂れつ 支離滅裂 is a stronger, more emphatic term for something completely incoherent or nonsensical. 雑駁 is milder, suggesting a messy mixture rather than total logical breakdown.
Written forms 雑ざっ 駁ぱく Usage 92%
雑ざっ ぱく Usage 8%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; 駁 is a non-jōyō kanji, so this form is sometimes used for readability.
Etymology Compound of 雑 (ざつ , miscellaneous, mixed) and 駁 (ばく , refute, contradict, patchy). The reading ざっぱく results from rendaku voicing of はく to ぱく . The word describes a state of being a confused mixture of various things.
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