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
And as the fading film star Masha, Eileen Bowman is the absolute queen of comic vanity and clueless insensitivity.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Hackett was more clueless than Alicia Silverstone.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
In One Battle After Another, Bob is clueless about the ICE raids happening around him.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
At a moment when Democrats appeared clueless about social media and out of touch with working-class people, Mamdani came across as curious and undaunted.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Hackett was more clueless than Alicia Silverstone.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
In One Battle After Another, Bob is clueless about the ICE raids happening around him.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
At a moment when Democrats appeared clueless about social media and out of touch with working-class people, Mamdani came across as curious and undaunted.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clueless
Adjective
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But there are also Black folks who are ignorant of this.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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The pilot has moments both sweet and funny, and sets up the possibility of romance amongst the characters, as well as further high jinks from a rotating cast of license seekers and citizens ignorant of the requirements for a Real ID.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the Heat was unaware that Rozier was the subject of separate NBA and FBI investigations until the Wall Street Journal broke the story this past January.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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One of the camp counselors was operating the boat ferrying a group of kids to a swimming activity, but the complaint alleged that the counselor was unaware of how many children were on the boat and in the water.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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But Carpenter’s unblinking Duffy played it straight, seemingly oblivious to their panic and focusing instead on the pillow’s soft feel and comfort level.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueless. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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