clueless

adjective

clue·less ˈklü-ləs

Synonyms of clueless next

: having or providing no clue

a clueless case for the police to solve

: completely or hopelessly bewildered, unaware, ignorant, or foolish

clueless about what they want

cluelessly adverb

I played dumb. I have arrived at a point in my life where I can perform this stunt with aplomb. "What do you mean?" I asked, as cluelessly as I knew how. —

Steve Friedman

cluelessness noun

Mowrey is also trying to make a deer hunter of Bentley, whose cluelessness as an outdoors-man is a rich source of amusement to his country-boy crony. —

Austin Murphy

Examples of clueless in a Sentence

When it comes to computers, I'm clueless. They were clueless about what to do.

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Still, the state’s clueless ad leans into the worst critiques and caricatures of government work, maybe in an effort to appeal to a post-COVID-19 workforce that resents being called back to the office. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025 The cast includes Stephen Merchant as the voice of the mouse, Kristen Wiig as a scenery-chewing evil aunt, and Jim Broadbent as a kindly but clueless king. —

EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024 As Malcolm in the Middle’s hilariously dopey, clueless dad Hal, Cranston was a household name long before donning Heisenberg’s pork pie hat. —

Matt Cabral, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025 David goes for the highest risk and puts himself on Team Red Case, and so do Seychelle Cordero and Luke Olejniczak, a charming but clueless private chef from Wisconsin. —

Laura Bradley, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for clueless