without a clue
Totally in darkness
Without a clue means completely ignorant or clueless about something.
The phrase suggests someone lacks even the most basic understanding: She walked into the meeting without a clue what they'd been discussing.
It can also describe general incompetence: He's trying to fix the plumbing without a clue.
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- out of the loopNot kept informed
- at seaConfused or perplexed
- confusedUnable to understand
- stumpedUnable to solve
oblivious · none the wiser · ignorant · perplexed · uninformed · flummoxed · off track · mystified · befuddled · in the dark · flying blind · baffled · drawing a blank · naive · disoriented · uneducated · unprepared · caught off guard
knowledge and awareness
without a cluewell-informed
Having much knowledge
in the know · knowledgeable · clued in · up to speed · informed
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