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How to use clueless in a sentence

18 example sentences · adjective

Clueless means without any clues or hints. Example: “My boss is so clueless, he couldn't schedule his own way out of a paper bag.”

Examples of clueless by meaning

adjectiveWithout any clues or hints.

  • The shifting shapes mimicked the dilemma of the nearly clueless mystery of the Higgins Grove murders.2010, Kathleen Newberg, Faux Finish, page 97

More sentences with clueless

  • My boss is so clueless, he couldn't schedule his own way out of a paper bag.From the entry way out of a paper bag
  • So what is the game plan? We need to get everyone out of this alive, and I am clueless.From the entry game plan
  • I woke up to the worker knocking my door so I was still eepy and clueless.2023 March 13, u/finger35, “So embarrassed”, in r/UBC (Reddit post), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2023. From the entry eepy
  • Warsaw made me mute and clueless, but, I had to admit, the place smacked of home.2014, Laura Silver, Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food, Waltham, M.A.: Brandeis University Press, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry cebularz
  • And you—you clueless, literate shmuck—are but a pawn in this game.2012 November 28, “Please Click On Our Website's Banner Ads”, in The Onion. From the entry pageview
  • Completely clueless - think that Usenet groups are just other Google Groups.2008 February 18, elaich, “Re: John Corliss”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026. From the entry GGer
  • Do I really seem that clueless to you?" He said nothing; nothing at all.2001, Antoinette Stockenberg, Tidewater, page 60. From the entry raised by wolves
  • Yet no sooner is the neuter voice heard than it blends listlessly into background sound, a murmur clueless about things.2016, David Appelbaum, In His Voice: Maurice Blanchot's Affair with the Neuter, page 26. From the entry neuter voice
  • I could overlook an unsnipped tip, but this clueless?2006, Francesca Segrè, “Girl Meets Goy”, in Ruth Ellenson, editor, The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt, Plume, →ISBN, 2, page 12…. From the entry unsnipped
  • If a Singaporean gets frustrated at your stupidity, he can scold you for being blur as sotong (clueless as a squid).2002 July 22, Hwee Hwee Tan, “A War of Words Over ‘Singlish’”, in Time, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2025. From the entry blur
  • I encountered a forum user who didn't agree with me, so I wrote some comments with my political slogans to trigger that clueless kiddo.2020 January 25, Ernesto Londoño, Letícia Casado, “Glenn Greenwald in Bolsonaro’s Brazil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the…. From the entry trigger
  • As soon as you hide it under a second napkin, the kid will suddenly be as clueless as the day she was born.2015, Amber Ankowski, Andy Ankowski, Think Like a Baby. From the entry blammo
  • What are those guys, totally clueless?2003, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, She's Not There. From the entry exsqueeze me
  • There are elements of low-key black comedy in our hapless hero’s dealing with clinic superiors, who are so clueless that their suspicions fall on entirely the wrong person.2021 June 8, Dennis Harvey, “‘La Dosis’ Review: Slow-Burn Thriller Imagines War Between Angels of Death in an ICU”, in Variety. From the entry slow-burning
  • If you are like that clueless 99% of humans, those I call “normaloids,” then let me suggest that you abandon this book and resume your pathetic, unthinking life!2011, Bruce L. Gary, Genetic Enslavement, page 1. From the entry normaloid
  • It's a common thing to frogg someone's name to get him to squeal on endlessly about it, but only the most clueless ever fall for that gambit.2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet). From the entry frogg
  • I even predate the AOL invasion, back in the days when you could set your calendar by the number of clueless newbies, before The Dawn of the Neverending September.2000 July 12, greg@apple2.com.invalid, “BB-TV 7/11 aka The William Show - Dan T's comments”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), archived from the…. From the entry Neverending September

Meaning of clueless

  1. adjective Without any clues or hints.
  2. adjective Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.

Full definition of clueless

Questions about clueless in a sentence

How do you use clueless in a sentence?
Clueless is used as an adjective. For example: “My boss is so clueless, he couldn't schedule his own way out of a paper bag.”
What is a short sentence with clueless?
“What are those guys, totally clueless?”
What does clueless mean?
Clueless means without any clues or hints.

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