clueless

[ kloo-lis ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. ignorant, unaware, or uninformed:

   I remember thinking my mom was clueless when I was a teenager.

clueless

/ ˈkluːlɪs /

adjective

1. slang.
   helpless; stupid

Word History and Origins

Origin of clueless¹

First recorded in 1940–45; clue + -less

Example Sentences

Pete Davidson as a clueless GameStop investor, host John Krasinski as Tom Brady and an exasperated Kate McKinnon — as herself.

From Washington Post

Angry politicians threatening to hold hearings and clueless regulators promising to investigate.

From Washington Post

Finally, mainstream educators are portrayed as purveyors, or clueless victims, of conspiratorial resistance to scientific evidence.

From Washington Post

Right now, our devices are mostly clueless about how we’re feeling or what we need.

From Science News For Students

I’m a young man, and faced with this I am clueless about what to say or do.

From Ozy

They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.

From The Daily Beast

So my way to point out his cultural cluelessness is to be even more clueless?

From The Daily Beast

Or as Azealia Banks would say, “I pray for this Clueless White Girl”.

From The Daily Beast

But if you say Screech or the guy from Clueless, who are people going to know?

From The Daily Beast

Just another example of clueless rich people peacocking, right?

From The Daily Beast

Many minds, endeavoring to think through the mystifying problems of God's providence, find themselves in a clueless labyrinth.

From Project Gutenberg

The red haired man was the mystery—a mystery which looked clueless.

From Project Gutenberg

But if you're going to have a jailer, better a clueless one than one who's really on the ball.

From Project Gutenberg

He was fumbling his way along this clueless labyrinth of suppositions when the clock struck twelve.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• baffled
• bewildered
• doubtful
• mystified
• perplexed
• rattled