without a clue

Example Sentences

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One insider who has been part of conversations about the chances of changing the leader says, "it's not flighty people, not just newbies without a clue, they're not idiots".

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Almost as soon as the platform was created, she began uploading karaoke videos onto YouTube, without a clue the site would develop into the behemoth it is today.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022

He washed up at the homeless shelter, desperate to start anew but without a clue how to do it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022

It is written, as well, for the children, bless them, as their needs are paramount, just above the desperate, child-free uncle scrambling into late December without a clue.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2019

I had no idea where they’d found them, but they had, and now my sisters were trying to drive away in a compromised vehicle without a clue as to how to handle it.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall