clueless

[ kloo-lis ]

/ ˈklu lɪs /

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adjective Informal.

ignorant, unaware, or uninformed: I remember thinking my mom was clueless when I was a teenager.

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Origin of clueless

First recorded in 1940–45; clue + -less

Words nearby clueless

cluck, clucky, clue, clued-up, clue in, clueless, Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, clumber spaniel, clump, clumsy

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How to use clueless in a sentence

Pete Davidson as a clueless GameStop investor, host John Krasinski as Tom Brady and an exasperated Kate McKinnon — as herself.
SNL skewers Marjorie Taylor Greene, the vaccine rollout and GameStop, reminding us that things are still very bad|Bethonie Butler|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
Angry politicians threatening to hold hearings and clueless regulators promising to investigate.
GameStop mania exposes SEC’s failure as regulator|Steven Pearlstein|January 30, 2021|Washington Post
Finally, mainstream educators are portrayed as purveyors, or clueless victims, of conspiratorial resistance to scientific evidence.
Is there really a ‘science of reading’ that tells us exactly how to teach kids to read?|Valerie Strauss|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
Right now, our devices are mostly clueless about how we’re feeling or what we need.
New device tells smiles from frowns — even through a mask|Kathryn Hulick|December 4, 2020|Science News For Students

I’m a young man, and faced with this I am clueless about what to say or do.
He Ain’t Heavy. He’s a Child Molester.|Eugene Robinson|October 20, 2020|Ozy
They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So my way to point out his cultural cluelessness is to be even more clueless?
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Or as Azealia Banks would say, “I pray for this Clueless White Girl”.
Solange Smacks Jay Z, Legolas Slaps Bieber, and the Biggest Celebrity Feuds of the Year|Amy Zimmerman|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if you say Screech or the guy from Clueless, who are people going to know?
'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk Anymore|Kevin Fallon|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just another example of clueless rich people peacocking, right?
The $10 Billion Pet Cheetah and Chimp Industry|Sharon Adarlo|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many minds, endeavoring to think through the mystifying problems of God's providence, find themselves in a clueless labyrinth.
The Meaning of Faith|Harry Emerson Fosdick
The red haired man was the mystery—a mystery which looked clueless.
'19,000'|Burford Delannoy
But if you're going to have a jailer, better a clueless one than one who's really on the ball.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
He was fumbling his way along this clueless labyrinth of suppositions when the clock struck twelve.
Crome Yellow|Aldous Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for clueless

clueless

/ (ˈkluːlɪs) /

adjective

slang helpless; stupid

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