noun. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.

adjective. tending to contradict (a hypothesis).

verb. Present participle of confound.

adjective. that confounds or contradicts or confuses

"Even more confounding is that, when discounting that exception, Justice Scalia acknowledged that police actions do not occur in a vacuum."

unsupportive  

abounding  astounding  bounding  compounding  expounding  

confusion  contradictory  mix-up  

confound