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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clueless
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Joe's totally clueless.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But when it comes to road safety they are clueless.
▪ He was followed by a very young and very clueless officer.
▪ I lie clueless in the cot until - until when?
▪ I was clueless, of course, but it was an opportunity to strike up an amusing conversation.
▪ Polar Star is no exception; its lovely clueless opening soon snarls up in a mess of motives and half-finished characters.
▪ So I ended up at Safeway, utterly clueless as to where to find stockings.
▪ The champagne may be warm, and the waitresses clueless.
▪ Well, they were simply clueless and it could have been 9-0 again.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
clueless

clueless \clueless\ adj.

  1. not providing any clue.

  2. completely uninformed or unaware; hopelessly ignorant; utterly bewildered.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clueless

1862, "trackless," from clue (n.) + -less. Meaning "ignorant, uninformed" is from 1943, said to be RAF slang from 1930s. Student slang use by 1985 is perhaps an independent extension along the same line. Related: Cluelessly; cluelessness.

Wiktionary
clueless

a. Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed.

WordNet
clueless

adj. totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring

Wikipedia
Clueless (film)

Clueless is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy film. It is loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma. It stars Alicia Silverstone (in the lead role), Stacey Dash, Paul Rudd, and Brittany Murphy. The film is set in Beverly Hills and was written and directed by Amy Heckerling and produced by Scott Rudin. It was released in the United States on July 19, 1995.

The film grossed $56 million in the United States and has developed a cult following.

The film spun off a television sitcom and a series of books.

Clueless (novels)

The Clueless series is a series of young adult novels, mainly written by H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld. The series is published by Simon & Schuster. The series was generated after the release of the 1995 movie starring Alicia Silverstone.

Clueless (TV series)

Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name (which was inspired by the Jane Austen book Emma). The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season. The show then spent its last two seasons on UPN ending on May 25, 1999.

Clueless

Clueless may refer to:

  • Clueless (film), a 1995 American comedy by Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone
    • Clueless (TV series), a spinoff television series based on the film
    • Clueless (novels), a series of novels written by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld based on the same characters
  • "Clueless" (House episode), an episode from the second season of the TV series House
  • Clueless (game show) , a Polish game show
Clueless (game show)

Clueless (, lit. "playing in the dark") was a Polish game show hosted by Krzysztof Ibisz that ran from 2005 to 2007 on Polsat.

Usage examples of "clueless".

In most cases, what appeared to be quiet assurance and wisdom was actually clueless stupidity.

Drac slipping into a totally clueless country full of porky people with good veins and all that.

I was holding no cards, and I was totally clueless about how these people carved up the turf.

Once Hope and I discovered that we were of like minds, we christened Bridget, Manda, and Sara the Clueless Crew.

The Clueless Crew continued flipping through the magazine, taking swigs from their Diet Cokes and passing one-word judgments on the images on each page.

One the Clueless Crew, who are identical from their plastic mini-butterfly clips down to their platform Mary Janes, transparently wanted to tap into.

Only two thirds of the Clueless Crew are spending spring break in Canciin.

After all the smack-talk about the Clueless Crew, Hy was willingly hanging out with them?

Then I told him all about how Hy and the Clueless Crew were blowing a bundle in the Village.

My morose mood is exacerbated by the fact that the four members of Clueless Crew are even chummier than usual.

Fortunately, Sara saw the Clueless Crew down the hall and ran to catch up with them.

But at that moment the Clueless Crew were coming right at me from the other end of the hall.

I had gotten used to acting innocent around the Clueless Crew and everyone else.

And as much as I am amused by the concept of watching the Clueless Crew lie to each other all year, the reality of all the bitchy backstabbing that is bound to occur makes me less excited about being a junior than ever.

There is only one reason why I am able to stay so calm about the Clueless Crew.