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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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
Meanwhile, Nan is clueless to Nelle’s real identity, though the two seem drawn to each other.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 18 June 2025
Honestly though, as long as Ozzie and MH II
continue their clueless ABs the team just has too many outs in the lineup.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Bill Murray as Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Coming off of his dispirited character in Rushmore and the clueless Raleigh St. Clair in Tenenbaums, Steve Zissou is the most classically Murray of the characters he’s played for Anderson.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clueless. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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clueless
adjective
clue·less
ˈklü-ləs 
: having or providing no clue
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