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clueless

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World English Dictionary

clueless (ˈkluːlɪs)

—*adj*
	slang helpless; stupid

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Word Origin & History

clueless

1862, "trackless," from clue + -less. Meaning "ignorant, uninformed" is from 1943.

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clueless definition

mod.
unaware. : I have never seen anyone so totally clueless. What a dunce!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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