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
The character’s cluelessness about love is its own kind of heartache.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluelessness
ignorance
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Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The best romance fiction has the ability to fundamentally change the genre at its core, offering happy endings where only ignorance has existed.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Cluelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluelessness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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