clueless

English

Etymology

From clue +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluː.ləs/

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• Homophone: clewless
• Rhymes: -uːləs

Adjective

clueless (comparative more clueless, superlative most clueless)

1. (literally) Without any clues or hints.
   • 2010, Kathleen Newberg, Faux Finish, page 97:

     The shifting shapes mimicked the dilemma of the nearly clueless mystery of the Higgins Grove murders. As soon as the picture formed into something recognizable, it morphed into something else.

2. (figuratively) Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:naive
• See also Thesaurus:ignorant

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “uninformed”): clueful, informed

Derived terms

• cluelessly
• cluelessness

Translations

lacking knowledge or understanding

Catalan: sense (ca) pista (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 無知 / 无知 (mou4 zi1) Hokkien: 无知 (bû-ti) Mandarin: 无知 (zh) (wúzhī) Czech: bezradný m Dutch: onnozel (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tietämätön (fi) French: ignorant (fr) German: ahnungslos (de), planlos (de), unbedarft (de) Hebrew: אוֹבֵד עֵצוֹת (he) m (ovéd 'etzót) Hindi: अनजान (hi) (anjān), अनभिज्ञ (hi) (anbhijña) Hungarian: tudatlan (hu) Irish: aineolach Italian: senza (it) idea (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Polish: zielony (pl) m Portuguese: sem (pt) ideia (pt) Russian: неве́жественный (ru) (nevéžestvennyj) Spanish: en la inopia, pez (es), despistado (es), negado (es), no tener ni idea (verb), despalomado (Andes), en Babia, en nada, estar en las nubes (verb), vivir en las nubes (verb), andar por las nubes (verb) Swedish: aningslös (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: cahil (tr), bilgisiz (tr) Vietnamese: không đầu mối, không hiểu đời, không manh mối Welsh: di-glem (cy)