clueless

English

Etymology

clue +‎ -less

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkluː.ləs/
Homophone: clewless
Rhymes: -uːləs

Adjective

clueless (comparative more clueless, superlative most clueless)

Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.
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

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
Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy)
Polish: zielony (pl) m
Russian: неве́жественный (ru) (nevéžestvennyj)
Spanish: en la inopia, pez (es) (colloquial, preceded by the verb estar)
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

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