clueless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for clueless
Synonyms
ignorant, incognizant, innocent, insensible, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unwitting
Antonyms
acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting
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Anne plays Bryce's girlfriend, a smart but clueless student, whose storyline ends on a cliffhanger at the end of season 2. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "This is How Much the Cast of "13 Reasons Why" Makes," 2 Aug. 2019 Another inside joke is about one of French Jewry’s legendary figures, singer Enrico Macias, who at 81 delivers a hilarious and self-deprecating portrayal of himself as a cheap, slightly clueless and ultimately kindhearted geezer. — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, "Netflix show ‘Family Business’ is a French-Jewish version of ‘Breaking Bad’," 10 July 2019 Like that clueless attempt at a fake field goal in the second half of the national championship, Alabama apparently can’t see what everyone in the world already knows. — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al.com, "Alabama football needs a cold, hard slap in the face," 18 July 2019 This was an event that spoke directly to the game’s dedicated players, doing so with just enough over-the-top carnival-like trappings to make the clueless feel welcome. — Todd Martens, latimes.com, "‘Fortnite’ built a mini theme park complete with scented characters at the Forum," 16 June 2019 Devolver’s Twitter presence includes Fork Parker, a parody of a clueless old game executive, and the company once turned a viral tweet into a publishing deal. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, "Why gaming’s most influential indie label has stayed small for a decade," 5 June 2019 The imitation was crude and cruel, but the point was again to make a woman sound stupid, too clueless to make her own decisions. — Glamour, "Tucker Carlson Said Furious Women Should Watch Him. Here’s What I See.," 19 Mar. 2019 Saturday Night Live featured a bit about the game with actor Adam Driver playing a clueless dad. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, "The year in Fortnite," 18 Dec. 2018 This is the most hypocritical, clueless statement in her regrettable time in the WH. — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, "Ivanka Trump Tweets Praise for Oprah's Speech, Twitter Reacts With Derision," 9 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clueless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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