: completely or hopelessly bewildered, unaware, ignorant, or foolish
clueless about what they want
cluelesslyadverb
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
cluelessnessnoun
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
When it comes to computers, I'm clueless. They were clueless about what to do.
Recent Examples on the WebOne in particular is clueless about how her daughter treated mine despite this behavior going on for years. Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Mary either chooses not to see what is happening or is truly clueless. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2022 Mary either chooses not to see what is happening or is truly clueless. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022 Mary either chooses not to see what is happening or is truly clueless. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Mary either chooses not to see what is happening or is truly clueless. Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022 The rest were clueless about what to say, just plain hadn’t noticed, or something else. Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2022 Law-enforcement officials confirm that the parents of SIM swappers are often clueless, easily convinced that their children’s newfound wealth is from early investments in bitcoin — or not even aware that the wealth exists at all. Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2022 AlAmmar incorporates her own misgivings about representing the refugee experience through her narrator’s online interactions with her editor, who is encouraging yet clueless. Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022 See More