as in ignorant
not informed about or aware of something
television producers who seem utterly clueless about the concerns and interests of today's teenagers
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Recent Examples of clueless
The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
That setting quickly transforms into a punishment the seemingly clueless time traveler may never escape.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026
The writers did some tightening by eliminating one significant character – the not-so-clueless grandfather played in the film by Barnard Hughes – whose absence requires the movie’s fondly remembered final words to go to another character, a switch that undercuts the joke more than a bit.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Some of the funniest picture books began to mine humor from a narrator who was either determined to mislead the reader or downright clueless.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
That setting quickly transforms into a punishment the seemingly clueless time traveler may never escape.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026
The writers did some tightening by eliminating one significant character – the not-so-clueless grandfather played in the film by Barnard Hughes – whose absence requires the movie’s fondly remembered final words to go to another character, a switch that undercuts the joke more than a bit.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Some of the funniest picture books began to mine humor from a narrator who was either determined to mislead the reader or downright clueless.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clueless
Adjective
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But even for someone like myself, totally ignorant to the lore and not really seeking to change that, the Star Wars universe can look genuinely interesting, and some games every now and then manage to tap into that potential.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
30 Apr. 2026
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Jahmil Eady – Freaky As gentrifiers take over her neighborhood, a Gullah Geechee woman, Annabelle (Melanie Nicholls-King) calls on ancestral knowledge, which has dire consequences for the newcomers who have begun to take over the land, ignorant of its history.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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However, people are still obliviously unaware of this.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Trump himself appears to be unaware of Drake and the rapper’s ordeal over the past few years, including his beef with Kendrick Lamar.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Davis has either tuned out or somehow remained oblivious to any fan sentiment that diminishes the magnitude of his home run because of what unfolded after it.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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About to hit rock bottom, Peter is therefore oblivious to the +44 numbers that are blowing up his phone, until the caller — a British clubber called Edison (the fantastic Kirby Howell-Baptiste) — arrives on his doorstep.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueless. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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