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
Atkinson plays the titular role, a clueless man who lives alone, rarely speaks, and struggles to exist as a functional adult in the world.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
Williams is relatively clueless beyond opposition to unjustified, racially discriminatory use of lethal force on display in the deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and a disturbing chronicle of other homicides.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
Winning by rallying the naïve and clueless is one thing, but administering a throbbing behemoth is a greater challenge.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Unity is probably aiming at developers who don’t know any better, or the clueless, dollar-sign-for-eyes bosses who will force it on their underlings.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
Williams is relatively clueless beyond opposition to unjustified, racially discriminatory use of lethal force on display in the deaths of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and a disturbing chronicle of other homicides.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
Winning by rallying the naïve and clueless is one thing, but administering a throbbing behemoth is a greater challenge.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Unity is probably aiming at developers who don’t know any better, or the clueless, dollar-sign-for-eyes bosses who will force it on their underlings.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clueless
Adjective
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Having access to knowledge and being able to collectively reflect are rights too precious to surrender to those who prefer us ignorant.—
Megan Thiele Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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What’s going on is that the bank and its customer service reps are ignorant of the law.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Yet up to 60% of people with thyroid disease remain unaware of their condition because fatigue, mood changes, and weight shifts get attributed to stress or aging before testing is even considered.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2026
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A day later, people out playing with their kids at Two Trails Park Friday morning were unaware that a man had just been arrested and charged with an attempted murder, after allegedly attacking a woman there with a knife.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Our heroines must somehow rescue themselves as well as an oblivious third party, while keeping the host unaware of their presence.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Despite his contemporary fellow Scotsman James Watt inventing the steam engine the same year that The Wealth of Nations was published, Smith was strangely oblivious as to the coming Industrial Revolution, as there was nothing yet automated in this pin factory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueless. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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