as in ignorance
the state of being unaware or uninformed
the utter cluelessness of the parents astounded the police who raided the underage drinking party
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Recent Examples of cluelessness
In satirizing some women’s impressions of their male partners’ cluelessness as a high-stakes matter, SNL subtly commented on these fraught domestic dynamics.
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Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
LeBlanc made Joey Tribbiani unforgettable — combining goofy charm, endless antics and a lovable cluelessness that kept fans laughing for 10 seasons.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
The character’s cluelessness about love is its own kind of heartache.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
LeBlanc made Joey Tribbiani unforgettable — combining goofy charm, endless antics and a lovable cluelessness that kept fans laughing for 10 seasons.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
The character’s cluelessness about love is its own kind of heartache.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluelessness
ignorance
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Here in the United States, the writer and filmmaker Mike Judge has garnered praise over the course of his career for getting laughs out of broken systems and absurd ignorance in American culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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In these special kinds of systems, even a minuscule amount of uncertainty in the measurement of the initial state of a system very quickly compounds into complete ignorance about its future behavior.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Cluelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluelessness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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