not have a clue
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B2 to be completely unable to guess, understand, or deal with something: "Who invented algebra?" "I haven't a clue." Don't ask your father which key to press - he hasn't got a clue about computers.Unaware
(Definition of not have a clue from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in the dark idiom
- be on another planet idiom
- benighted adjective
- blind spot noun
- blindly adverb (NOT THINKING)
- clueless adjective
- Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knows idiom
- I'll be hanged if I know idiom
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- ignorance noun
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- oblivious adjective
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- unbeknown adverb
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- your guess is as good as mine idiom
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