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
One of Al Pacino’s finest performances of the 1970s — which, with the Godfather films and Serpico, is an absurd hot hand — is as the enigmatic, wild-eyed Sonny, a man who performs a desperate bank robbery with his partner (the late John Cazale, by turns heartbreakingly clueless and dopily funny).
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Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The cast is good, but especially early on, too many characters are just clueless dopes.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
How can companies be so clueless?
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Democrats are clueless and lost.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The cast is good, but especially early on, too many characters are just clueless dopes.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
How can companies be so clueless?
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Democrats are clueless and lost.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clueless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clueless
Adjective
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The fact that multiple guests were ignorant of the CCP’s control over CGTN shows that booking agents working for the network may have failed to disclose such information.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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The league might be skeptical that the Clippers were merely ignorant of the Aspiration-Leonard relationship and question why the team didn’t undertake more diligence.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Oli, a Communist who began his political career as a tribune of the oppressed, seemed unaware of the anger that had accumulated around him.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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His sophomore feature is a sensual drama following young Luz and Pedro, who meet by chance at the olive oil mill but are unaware of the existence of Omar, who lies in the infirmary of the nearby monastery.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Pixels are flying from shelves as users embrace the AI generation, still oblivious to most of the privacy compromises implied in over-sharing with AI assistants operating in corporate data centers.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Back home, Arya is busy with her favorite search games and word play, oblivious to her superpower.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueless. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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