clueless

clueless

Oblivious and possibly naive. Does she really not realize that the guy she has a crush on is gay? Is she that clueless? Wow, I had no idea she was mad at me—I must be clueless.

totally clueless

slang Completely or utterly ignorant or lacking in understanding. Dad, you are just totally clueless when it comes to this sort of thing! They brought in this new manager to run the project, but he is totally clueless about the most basic stuff!
See also: clueless, totally
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

clueless

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

totally clueless

mod. ignorant (of something). (see also cluelessness.) Everybody was totally clueless as to what to do.
See also: clueless, totally
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • appear to
  • a change of heart
  • be blind to
  • a mystery to (one)
  • a voice in the wilderness
  • (lone) voice in the wilderness
  • a hidden agenda
  • a turn of phrase
  • able to do
  • able to do it
References in periodicals archive
Thank you very much." (Fun fact, via the delightful As If: The Oral History of Clueless, by Jen Chaney: The mispronunciation of "Haitians" was not in the script; Alicia Silverstone really thought that was how the word was pronounced.
'As has been the case in recent years, our batting looked clueless as the run-rate mounted.
With a diverse group of characters, Beyond Clueless meets a very important need for young adult collections.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt seems clueless to what is going on under his watch.
EVEN as disclosures in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination scam created political ripples in the state, police are clueless about the whereabouts of Mohit Kumar Chaudhary, the kingpin of the PMT and PG medical examination scam.
Instead, private companies were gifted a PS5bn cheque to share and this clueless government simply let them get on with it.
Peter wrote, appeared in and helped produce a comedy, entitled Clueless? - a short film which centres on a Scouser being unpleasantly woken up in a rice field.
'CLUELESS' West Brom have been warned to tie the knot soon with Shane Long - or risk losing him to one of the top Premier League clubs.
Menlo Park, CA, April 27, 2011 --(PR.com)-- iFood.tv, a leading online food community and Cooking for the Clueless, a one-stop resource for self-proclaimed "clueless cooks," are proud to announce a content partnership to distribute new web series "Fridays with Fabio." The show features host Zuzy Martin Lynch tackling viewer-submitted culinary questions with Top Chef Fabio Viviani.
IT'S not always the quickest learners who make it to the top, but the once 'clueless' Topolski is heading upwards after a victory that earmarked him as a Stan James Champion Hurdle contender, writes David Carr.
Society, in general, is clueless about what engineers do.
Keep the Change: A Clueless TippeT's Quest to Become the Guru' of the Gratuity
Summary: Young Britons are clueless when it comes to the facts of life, according to a new survey.
A clueless anti Semite attacked the Jewish State on the web in an article with the above title, reviewing a book called Israeli Occupation.INN staff rebutted.