1
: having or providing no clue
a clueless case for the police to solve
2
: completely or hopelessly bewildered, unaware, ignorant, or foolish
clueless about what they want
cluelessly
adverb
I played dumb. I have arrived at a point in my life where I can perform this stunt with aplomb. "What do you mean?" I asked, as cluelessly as I knew how.
—
Steve Friedman
Steve Friedman
cluelessness
noun
Mowrey is also trying to make a deer hunter of Bentley, whose cluelessness as an outdoors-man is a rich source of amusement to his country-boy crony.
—Austin Murphy
Austin Murphy
Examples of clueless in a Sentence
When it comes to computers, I'm clueless.
They were clueless about what to do.
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Bernardine and Rosemary visited a department store where a clueless salesgirl helped Rosemary, in her new wig, apply makeup — orange-pink lipstick that worked in all the wrong ways, dark brown eye pencil, and false eyelashes.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Then there’s his team, a collection of young players who currently look fairly clueless but might be much better in a different environment.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
For now, Musk, like Trump and Lutnick, seems clueless about the growing outrage among ordinary Americans.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
For that matter, Charles is written and portrayed by Key to be an amusingly clueless and frankly exhausting fellow.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Then there’s his team, a collection of young players who currently look fairly clueless but might be much better in a different environment.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
For now, Musk, like Trump and Lutnick, seems clueless about the growing outrage among ordinary Americans.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
For that matter, Charles is written and portrayed by Key to be an amusingly clueless and frankly exhausting fellow.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clueless
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“Clueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clueless. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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clueless
adjective
clue·less
ˈklü-ləs 
: having or providing no clue
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