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From clue +‎ -less.

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clueless (comparative more clueless, superlative most clueless)

  1. Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.
  2. Without any clues or hints.
    • 2010, Kathleen Newberg, Faux Finish, page 97:
      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.

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