clueless
adj/ˈkluː.ləs/
Etymology From clue + -less.
1
Literally Without any clues or hints.
- 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.2010, Kathleen Newberg, Faux Finish, page 97:
2
Figuratively Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.
- Derived terms
- cluelessly, cluelessness
- Related terms
- zone out