1
: having or providing no clue
a clueless case for the police to solve
2
: 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
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
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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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
For that matter, Charles is written and portrayed by Key to be an amusingly clueless and frankly exhausting fellow.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
And the ultra macho (and sometimes clueless) Rick Ford is having none of this.
—Mike Ryan, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
But activists and others called the city clueless about how City Hall went about it.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clueless. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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clueless
adjective
clue·less
ˈklü-ləs 
: having or providing no clue
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