clueless

English

Etymology

From clue +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluː.ləs/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: clewless
• Rhymes: -uːləs

Adjective

clueless (comparative more clueless, superlative most clueless)

1. Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.
2. 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.

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

• 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)
• Hungarian: tudatlan (hu)
• Irish: aineolach
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zielony (pl) m
• Russian: неве́жественный (ru) (nevéžestvennyj)
• Spanish: en la inopia, pez (es), despistado (es), negado (es), que no tiene ni idea, despalomado (Andes), en Babia
• 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