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
Compare him to some modern day, power-hungry politicians who are clueless about America’s core values set forth in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Mike Vogel, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Read about his legacy as the lovable but at times clueless teen son of the Huxtables.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 July 2025
In one of the great examples of life imitating art, the clueless hair metal band — Harry Shearer's Derek Smalls, Michael McKean's David St. Hubbins, and Christopher Guest's Nigel Tufnel — became a real-life outfit, playing in character as Spinal Tap, headlining shows, and going on tour.
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
Each time the National Assessment of Educational Progress scores are released, the same clueless states hover at the bottom: Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Alaska.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
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Mike Vogel, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Read about his legacy as the lovable but at times clueless teen son of the Huxtables.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 July 2025
In one of the great examples of life imitating art, the clueless hair metal band — Harry Shearer's Derek Smalls, Michael McKean's David St. Hubbins, and Christopher Guest's Nigel Tufnel — became a real-life outfit, playing in character as Spinal Tap, headlining shows, and going on tour.
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
Each time the National Assessment of Educational Progress scores are released, the same clueless states hover at the bottom: Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and Alaska.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clueless
Adjective
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Joe is willfully ignorant—to national news and a lethal pandemic—but Aster didn’t write the character as a one-dimensional MAGA standee.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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Yet Americans are surprisingly ignorant about our past.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Over one-third of American adults are unaware of HPV or the HPV vaccine, according to a new research letter published Thursday in the journal JAMA Oncology.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Overall, one in three adults nationally are unaware of the connection between HPV and cancer, reveals a study from the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center in South Carolina.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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She’s been in the news a lot for tone-deaf or oblivious comments.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Note that the chart’s focus is exclusively on the trade in goods, oblivious to the global trade in services.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clueless. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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