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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In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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International students are close to entirely ignorant of Canadian history and politics.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dumb and Dumber Two incredibly stupid friends embark on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of money, completely unaware that it was meant for criminals.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds of companies, frequently unaware of the workings of satellite communications systems, were sending their data via those satellites without end-to-end encryption, which is a standard in today's secure internet communication.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Michael Jackson’s star got a photo, as did Jennifer Aniston’s, while Judy Garland’s star only got a finger point and countless others drew nothing more than an oblivious glance.—
Oren Peleg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueless. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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